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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 656. אָפֵס (aphes) -- To cease, to fail, to come to an end</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/656.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/genesis/47-15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/656.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 656</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/655.htm" title="655">◄</a> 656. aphes <a href="../hebrew/657.htm" title="657">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">aphes: To cease, to fail, to come to an end</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">אָפֵס</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>aphec<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ah-fes<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(aw-face')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To cease, to fail, to come to an end<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>to disappear, cease<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A primitive root<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct one-to-one correspondence in the Greek, concepts of cessation or ending can be found in Greek words such as "παύω" (pauō - to cease) and "καταργέω" (katargeō - to abolish, to render inactive).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew verb "aphes" primarily conveys the idea of something coming to an end or ceasing. It is often used in contexts where something is no longer present or has failed. This can refer to physical objects, conditions, or even abstract concepts like hope or strength. The term is used to express the cessation of activity or existence.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near Eastern context, the concept of something ceasing or coming to an end was significant, as it often related to the cessation of life, the end of a reign, or the failure of crops or resources. The Israelites, living in a land dependent on seasonal rains and agricultural cycles, would have been acutely aware of the implications of something ceasing, whether it be rain, food supply, or peace. Theologically, the cessation of certain things could also be seen as a divine act, either as a form of judgment or as a transition to something new.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to cease, fail, come to an end<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>ceased (1), come to an end (2), gone (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">אָפֵס</font> (compare <font class="hebrew2">מָּסַס</font>) <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>cease, fail, come to an end</b></font>: only <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3masculine singular; <a href="/interlinear/genesis/47-15.htm">Genesis 47:15</a>,16 (of money, <font class="hebrew2">כֶּסֶף</font>), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/16-4.htm">Isaiah 16:4</a> (extortioner: "" <font class="hebrew2">כָּלָה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">תַּם</font>), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-20.htm">Isaiah 29:20</a> (terrible one: "" <font class="hebrew2">כָּלָה</font>, <font class="hebrew2">נִכְרַת</font>), <a href="/interlinear/psalms/77-9.htm">Psalm 77:9</a> (<font class="hebrew2">חסְדּוֺ</font> "" <font class="hebrew2">גָּמַר</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>be clean gone at an end, brought to nothing, fail <p>A primitive root; to disappear, i.e. Cease -- be clean gone (at an end, brought to nought), fail. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אָפֵ֖ס אָפֵ֤ס אָפֵ֥ס אפס הֶאָפֵ֣ס האפס ’ā·p̄ês ’āp̄ês aFes he’āp̄ês he·’ā·p̄ês heaFes<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/47-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 47:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/47.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י <b> אָפֵ֖ס </b> כָּֽסֶף׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/47.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For [our] money <span class="itali">is gone.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/47.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in thy presence? for the money <span class="itali">faileth.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/47-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> about for <span class="itali">is gone</span> the money<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/47-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 47:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/47.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּמִקְנֵיכֶ֑ם אִם־ <b> אָפֵ֖ס </b> כָּֽסֶף׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/47.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> since [your] money <span class="itali">is gone.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/47.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> you for your cattle, if money <span class="itali">fail.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/47-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> your livestock since <span class="itali">is gone</span> money<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/77-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 77:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/77.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> הֶאָפֵ֣ס </b> לָנֶ֣צַח חַסְדּ֑וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/77.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Has His lovingkindness <span class="itali">ceased</span> forever?<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/77.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Is his mercy <span class="itali">clean gone</span> for ever?<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/77-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">ceased</span> alway has his lovingkindness<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/16-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 16:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שׁוֹדֵ֑ד כִּֽי־ <b> אָפֵ֤ס </b> הַמֵּץ֙ כָּ֣לָה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For the extortioner <span class="itali">has come to an end,</span> destruction<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for the extortioner <span class="itali">is at an end,</span> the spoiler<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/16-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the destroyer for <span class="itali">has come</span> the extortioner has ceased<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/29-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 29:20</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> כִּֽי־ <b> אָפֵ֥ס </b> עָרִ֖יץ וְכָ֣לָה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For the ruthless <span class="itali">will come to an end</span> and the scorner<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For the terrible one <span class="itali">is brought to nought,</span> and the scorner<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/29-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for <span class="itali">will come</span> the ruthless will be finished<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_656.htm">5 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_656.htm">Strong's Hebrew 656<br>5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/afes_656.htm">’ā·p̄ês — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/heafes_656.htm">he·’ā·p̄ês — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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