Translation | Verse | Text |
Strong Concordance | Ps 147:16 | He giveth [05414] snow [07950] like wool [06785]: he scattereth [06340] the hoarfrost [03713] like ashes [0665]. |
Word | American Tract Society - Definition |
ASHES | To repent in sackcloth and ashes, or to lie down among ashes, was an external sign of self-affliction for sin, or of grief under misfortune. We find it adopted by Job, Job 2:8; by many Jews when in great fear, Es 4:3; and by the king of Nineveh, Jon 3:6. The ashes of a red heifer were used in ceremonial purification, Nu 19:1-22. |