Lexical Summary aphar: to throw dust Original Word: עָפַרTransliteration: aphar Phonetic Spelling: (aw-far') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to throw dust Meaning: to throw dust Strong's Concordance cast dust : a primitive root: meaning either to be gray or perhaps rather to pulverize; used only as denominative from aphar, to be dust -- cast (dust). see HEBREW aphar Brown-Driver-Briggs H6080. aphar [עָפַר] verb denominative Pi`el בֶּעָפָר וְעִמַּר 2 Samuel 16:13 and kept dusting (him) with dust (throwing [lumps of] dry earth at him). II. עפר (√ of following; compare Arabic young of mountain-goat, Late Hebrew עוֺפֶר young of animals). |
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