אֲפֵר
afer · bandage, covering
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H666 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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afer (אֲפֵר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bandage, covering”.
A band or strip of cloth that covers the head and comes down over the eyes. It appears only in 1 Kings 20:38, 41, where a prophet uses it so that the king will not recognize him.
How to say it
a·fer
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A strip of cloth covering the eyes.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 20:38
The prophet went and waited for the king by the road, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.
- 1 Kings 20:41
He hurried and removed the bandage from over his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets.