עָפָר (ʿāpār) is a Hebrew noun meaning dry earth. It appears 110 times in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6083).

Also rendered

• dust

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1664a)

Root family 1664: עָפַר ʿāpar — I, to dust. Denominative verb, occurring only in the Piel (II Sam 16:13)

• עָפַר ʿāpar — and kept dusting

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