Definition

cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot

Etymology

from H656 (אָפֵס); (sometimes like H6466 (פָּעַל))

Where the KJV renders it

• ankle
• but (only)
• end
• howbeit
• less than nothing
• nevertheless (where)
• no
• none (beside)
• not (any
• -withstanding)
• thing of nought
• save(-ing)
• there
• uttermost part
• want
• without (cause)

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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