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H656 אָפֵס (ʼâphêç) aw-face'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to end

Strong's Definition

to disappear, i.e. cease

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: be clean gone (at an end, brought to nought), fail.

TWOT Reference: 147

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Qal) to cease, break, come to an end

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָפֵס (a.phes) — to end. (Qal) to cease, break, come to an end

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · אֶפֶס · אֹפֶס

Non-Space | verb qal

to be finished = to be no longer present in a certain location

GEN 47:15 · GEN 47:16

Non-Exist | verb qal | ≈ כלה · כרת

to disappear, to be gone = to disappear from existence

ISA 16:4 · ISA 29:20

End | verb qal | ≈ גמר

to cease = process by which an event comes to an end before the expected time

PSA 77:9

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָפֵס vb. cease, fail, come to an end base

Bible Occurrences (5)

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