אָ֑פֶס אֶ֫פֶס noun masculine properly
ceasing, hence
1 end, extremity, only in the poetic phrase אַפְסֵי אֶרֶץ (Psalm 59:14 הארץ ׳א) ends, extreme limits, of the earth, used especially hyperbolically: Deuteronomy 33:17; 1 Samuel 2:10; Micah 5:3; Jeremiah 16:19; Psalm 2:8; Psalm 59:14; Psalm 72:8 (= Zechariah 9:10); + כָּלֿ Isaiah 45:22; Isaiah 52:10b (= Psalm 98:3b) Psalm 22:28; Psalm 67:8; Proverbs 30:4.
2 Expressing non-existence:
a. as substantive. (mostly a rare poetic synonym of אַיִן): Isaiah 34:12 and all his princes יִהְיוּ אָ֑פֶס shall become nought, (Isaiah 41:29,12 יִהְיוּ כְאַיִן וּכְאֶפֶס; Isaiah 40:17 מֵאֶפֶס וָתֹהוּ ("" כְּאַיִן) as made of nought and worthlessness are they accounted by him, Isaiah 41:24 (readמָּעָלְכָם מֵאָ֑פֶס, "" מֵאַיִן see אֶפַע); Isaiah 52:4 and Asshur oppressed him בְּאֶפֶס for nought.
b. as particle of negation, prop. cessation of. . ! (compare אֵין ֗֗֗ nought of...), very rare in prose (2Samuel 9:3), chiefly a poetic synonym of ׃אֵין Isaiah 5:8 עַד אֶפֶס מָקוֺם till there is an end of place = till there is no place (compare עַָד אֵין Psalm 40:13), Amos 6:10 (compare אָֽיִן Judges 4:20), Deuteronomy 32:36 (hence, in prose, 2 Kings 14:26), Isaiah 45:6 (compare אָין Isaiah 43:11) Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 46:9; Isaiah 54:15; אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עוֺד Zephaniah 2:15; Isaiah 47:8,10 is probably to be rendered, 'I am, and there is none besides (so Ges Ew Di etc.), the י being 'paragogic' as in זוּלָתי etc. (Ges§ 90, 3 a Ew§ 211 b), compare וְאֵין עוֺד Isaiah 45:5,6,18,21; but according to De the י is suffix of 1 singular 'I am, and I am nought besides' (i.e. and I am nought besides my all-sufficient self). — בְּאֶפֶס (like בְּאֵין, q. v.) without: Proverbs 14:28; Proverbs 26:20; Job 7:6; Daniel 8:25.
c. as adverb of limitation: (a) only: Numbers 22:35 (compare אַח Numbers 22:20) Numbers 23:13. (b) אֶפֶס כִּי save that, howbeit (qualifying a preceding statement): Numbers 13:28; Deuteronomy 1:5; Judges 4:9; Amos 9:8 (+ 1 Samuel 1:5 ᵐ5 We Sta Dr). So אֶפֶס alone 2 Samuel 12:14 (the following כִּי signifying because).
[אֹ֫פֶס noun [masculine] only in the
dual אָפְסָ֑ים not ׳א; see Baer), literally the two extremities, i.e. either the soles of the feet (so AW Ges; compare Aramaic מִּיסְּתָא, 
, or the ankles (so ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵑ9, & most): only Ezekiel 47:2 ׳מֵי א water of (i.e. reaching to) the soles (or ankles); compare Ezekiel 47:4 מֵי מָתְנָ֑יִם water reaching to the loins.
Strong's Hebrew: 657. אָ֫פֶס (ephes) — 44 Occurrences
Numbers 13:28
HEB: אֶ֚פֶס כִּֽי־ עַ֣ז
NAS: Nevertheless, the people who live
KJV: Nevertheless the people [be] strong
INT: Nevertheless for are strong
Numbers 22:35
HEB: עִם־ הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְאֶ֗פֶס אֶת־ הַדָּבָ֛ר
NAS: but you shall speak only the word
KJV: with the men: but only the word
INT: with the men only the word which
Numbers 23:13
HEB: תִּרְאֶ֣נּוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם אֶ֚פֶס קָצֵ֣הוּ תִרְאֶ֔ה
NAS: you may see them, although you will only see
KJV: them: thou shalt see but the utmost
INT: may see there will only the extreme see
Deuteronomy 15:4
HEB: אֶ֕פֶס כִּ֛י לֹ֥א
NAS: However, there will be no poor
KJV: Save when there shall be no poor
INT: However since will be no
Deuteronomy 32:36
HEB: אָ֣זְלַת יָ֔ד וְאֶ֖פֶס עָצ֥וּר וְעָזֽוּב׃
NAS: is gone, And there is none [remaining], bond
KJV: is gone, and [there is] none shut up,
INT: is gone that strength and there bond free
Deuteronomy 33:17
HEB: יְנַגַּ֥ח יַחְדָּ֖ו אַפְסֵי־ אָ֑רֶץ וְהֵם֙
NAS: All at once, [to] the ends of the earth.
KJV: together to the ends of the earth:
INT: will push together the ends of the earth and those
Judges 4:9
HEB: אֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֗ךְ אֶ֚פֶס כִּי֩ לֹ֨א
NAS: go with you; nevertheless, the honor
KJV: go with thee: notwithstanding the journey
INT: go thee notwithstanding for not
1 Samuel 2:10
HEB: יְהוָ֖ה יָדִ֣ין אַפְסֵי־ אָ֑רֶץ וְיִתֶּן־
NAS: will judge the ends of the earth;
KJV: shall judge the ends of the earth;
INT: the LORD will judge the ends of the earth will give
2 Samuel 9:3
HEB: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ הַאֶ֨פֶס ע֥וֹד אִישׁ֙
NAS: said, Is there not yet
KJV: said, [Is] there not yet any
INT: said the king is there yet anyone
2 Samuel 12:14
HEB: אֶ֗פֶס כִּֽי־ נִאֵ֤ץ
NAS: However, because by this
KJV: Howbeit, because by this deed
INT: However because have given
2 Kings 14:26
HEB: מֹרֶ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וְאֶ֤פֶס עָצוּר֙ וְאֶ֣פֶס
NAS: bitter; for there was neither bond
KJV: bitter: for [there was] not any shut up,
INT: bitter very neither bond nor
2 Kings 14:26
HEB: וְאֶ֤פֶס עָצוּר֙ וְאֶ֣פֶס עָז֔וּב וְאֵ֥ין
NAS: bond nor free,
INT: neither bond nor free nor
Job 7:6
HEB: אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃
NAS: And come to an end without hope.
KJV: and are spent without hope.
INT: A weaver's and come without hope
Psalm 2:8
HEB: נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗ אַפְסֵי־ אָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: as Your inheritance, And the [very] ends of the earth
KJV: [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth
INT: your inheritance your possession and the ends of the earth
Psalm 22:27
HEB: יְ֭הוָה כָּל־ אַפְסֵי־ אָ֑רֶץ וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ
NAS: All the ends of the earth
KJV: All the ends of the world
INT: the LORD All the ends of the earth will worship
Psalm 59:13
HEB: מֹשֵׁ֣ל בְּיַעֲקֹ֑ב לְאַפְסֵ֖י הָאָ֣רֶץ סֶֽלָה׃
NAS: in Jacob To the ends of the earth.
KJV: in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.
INT: rules Jacob to the ends of the earth Selah
Psalm 67:7
HEB: אֹ֝ת֗וֹ כָּל־ אַפְסֵי־ אָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: us, That all the ends of the earth
KJV: shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth
INT: may fear all the ends of the earth
Psalm 72:8
HEB: וּ֝מִנָּהָ֗ר עַד־ אַפְסֵי־ אָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: And from the River to the ends of the earth.
KJV: and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
INT: the River against to the ends of the earth
Psalm 98:3
HEB: רָא֥וּ כָל־ אַפְסֵי־ אָ֑רֶץ אֵ֝֗ת
NAS: All the ends of the earth
KJV: of Israel: all the ends of the earth
INT: have seen All the ends of the earth the salvation
Proverbs 14:28
HEB: הַדְרַת־ מֶ֑לֶךְ וּבְאֶ֥פֶס לְ֝אֹ֗ם מְחִתַּ֥ת
NAS: glory, But in the dearth of people
KJV: honour: but in the want of people
INT: glory king's the dearth of people ruin
Proverbs 26:20
HEB: בְּאֶ֣פֶס עֵ֭צִים תִּכְבֶּה־
NAS: For lack of wood the fire
KJV: Where no wood is, [there] the fire
INT: lack of wood goes
Proverbs 30:4
HEB: הֵקִ֣ים כָּל־ אַפְסֵי־ אָ֑רֶץ מַה־
NAS: all the ends of the earth?
KJV: who hath established all the ends of the earth?
INT: has established all the ends common how long
Isaiah 5:8
HEB: יַקְרִ֑יבוּ עַ֚ד אֶ֣פֶס מָק֔וֹם וְהֽוּשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם
NAS: Until there is no more room,
KJV: to field, till [there be] no place,
INT: join Until is no room live
Isaiah 34:12
HEB: שָׂרֶ֖יהָ יִ֥הְיוּ אָֽפֶס׃
NAS: And all its princes will be nothing.
KJV: but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
INT: princes become will be nothing
Isaiah 40:17
HEB: כְּאַ֣יִן נֶגְדּ֑וֹ מֵאֶ֥פֶס וָתֹ֖הוּ נֶחְשְׁבוּ־
NAS: Him, They are regarded by Him as less than
KJV: before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
INT: nothing before less and meaningless are regarded
Isaiah 41:12
HEB: יִהְי֥וּ כְאַ֛יִן וּכְאֶ֖פֶס אַנְשֵׁ֥י מִלְחַמְתֶּֽךָ׃
NAS: with you will be as nothing and non-existent.
KJV: with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
INT: will be as nothing and non-existent who war
Isaiah 41:29
HEB: כֻּלָּ֔ם אָ֥וֶן אֶ֖פֶס מַעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם ר֥וּחַ
NAS: Their works are worthless, Their molten images
KJV: their works [are] nothing: their molten images
INT: all are false are worthless their works are wind
Isaiah 45:6
HEB: וּמִמַּ֣עֲרָבָ֔הּ כִּי־ אֶ֖פֶס בִּלְעָדָ֑י אֲנִ֥י
NAS: of the sun That there is no one besides
KJV: and from the west, that [there is] none beside
INT: to the setting there is no besides I am
Isaiah 45:14
HEB: וְאֵ֥ין ע֖וֹד אֶ֥פֶס אֱלֹהִֽים׃
NAS: else, No other God.'
KJV: unto thee, [saying], Surely God [is] in thee; and [there is] none else, [there is] no God.
INT: and there else No God
Isaiah 45:22
HEB: וְהִוָּשְׁע֖וּ כָּל־ אַפְסֵי־ אָ֑רֶץ כִּ֥י
NAS: all the ends of the earth;
KJV: unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth:
INT: be saved all the ends of the earth for
Isaiah 46:9
HEB: ע֔וֹד אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְאֶ֥פֶס כָּמֽוֹנִי׃
NAS: [I am] God, and there is no one like
KJV: and [there is] none else; [I am] God, and [there is] none like
INT: other God is no like
Isaiah 47:8
HEB: בִּלְבָ֔בָהּ אֲנִ֖י וְאַפְסִ֣י ע֑וֹד לֹ֤א
NAS: in your heart, I am, and there is no one besides
KJV: in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me; I shall not sit
INT: your heart I am and there besides Nor
Isaiah 47:10
HEB: בְלִבֵּ֔ךְ אֲנִ֖י וְאַפְסִ֥י עֽוֹד׃
NAS: in your heart, I am, and there is no one besides
KJV: in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.
INT: your heart I am and there besides
Isaiah 52:4
HEB: שָׁ֑ם וְאַשּׁ֖וּר בְּאֶ֥פֶס עֲשָׁקֽוֹ׃
NAS: oppressed them without cause.
KJV: oppressed them without cause.
INT: there the Assyrian without oppressed
Isaiah 52:10
HEB: וְרָאוּ֙ כָּל־ אַפְסֵי־ אָ֔רֶץ אֵ֖ת
NAS: That all the ends of the earth
KJV: of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth
INT: may see all the ends of the earth the salvation
Isaiah 54:15
HEB: גּ֥וֹר יָג֛וּר אֶ֖פֶס מֵֽאוֹתִ֑י מִי־
KJV: gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever
INT: fiercely assails not Whoever assails
Jeremiah 16:19
HEB: גּוֹיִ֤ם יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ מֵֽאַפְסֵי־ אָ֔רֶץ וְיֹאמְר֗וּ
NAS: will come From the ends of the earth
KJV: shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth,
INT: the nations will come the ends of the earth and say
Ezekiel 47:3
HEB: בַמַּ֖יִם מֵ֥י אָפְסָֽיִם׃
KJV: the waters [were] to the ankles.
INT: the water water the ankles
Daniel 8:25
HEB: שָׂרִים֙ יַעֲמֹ֔ד וּבְאֶ֥פֶס יָ֖ד יִשָּׁבֵֽר׃
NAS: But he will be broken without human agency.
KJV: but he shall be broken without hand.
INT: of princes oppose without human will be broken
Amos 6:10
HEB: עִמָּ֖ךְ וְאָמַ֣ר אָ֑פֶס וְאָמַ֣ר הָ֔ס
NAS: with you? And that one will say, No one. Then he will answer,
KJV: [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say,
INT: one will say No will answer Keep
Amos 9:8
HEB: פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה אֶ֗פֶס כִּ֠י לֹ֣א
NAS: of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally
KJV: of the earth; saving that I will not utterly
INT: the face of the earth saving for I will not
Micah 5:4
HEB: יִגְדַּ֖ל עַד־ אַפְסֵי־ אָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: He will be great To the ends of the earth.
KJV: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
INT: will be great against to the ends of the earth
Zephaniah 2:15
HEB: בִּלְבָבָ֔הּ אֲנִ֖י וְאַפְסִ֣י ע֑וֹד אֵ֣יךְ ׀
NAS: in her heart, I am, and there is no one besides
KJV: in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none beside me: how is she become a desolation,
INT: her heart I am and there besides How
Zechariah 9:10
HEB: וּמִנָּהָ֖ר עַד־ אַפְסֵי־ אָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: And from the River to the ends of the earth.
KJV: and from the river [even] to the ends of the earth.
INT: the River against to the ends of the earth
, or the ankles (so