Strong’s H666 · Hebrew

אֲפֵר
ʼăphêr
af-ayr'

Definition

a turban

Etymology

from the same as H665 (אֵפֶר) (in the sense of covering);

Where the KJV renders it

  • ashes

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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