What does "Ashes" mean in the Bible?
To cover the head with ashes, or to sit in ashes, betokens self-abhorrence, humiliation, extreme grief, or penitence. Ashes appears in 22 verses across 13 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Ashes?
ASH'ES. Gen 18:27. To cover the head with ashes, or to sit in ashes, betokens self-abhorrence, humiliation, extreme grief, or penitence. 2 Sam 13:19; Esth 4:3; Job 2:8; Jer 6:26; Lam 3:16; Jon 3:6; Matt 11:21. The ashes of the altar of burnt-offering on the days of the great festivals were suffered to accumulate, and then taken away the next day by a priest chosen by lot to this work. There was a sort of lye made of the ashes of the heifer sacrificed on the great day of expiation, which was used for ceremonial purification. Num 19:17,1 Sam 30:18. See Heifer.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Ashes?
Where does Ashes appear in the Bible?
Ashes is referenced in 22 verses across 13 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 2 Samuel 13:19
- Daniel 9:3
- Esther 4:1
- Esther 4:3
- Ezekiel 27:30
- Ezekiel 28:18
- Genesis 18:27
- Hebrews 9:13
- Isaiah 44:20
- Isaiah 58:5
- Isaiah 61:3
- Jeremiah 6:26
- Job 2:8
- Job 13:12
- Job 30:19
- Job 42:6
- Jonah 3:6
- Malachi 4:3
- Numbers 19:9
- Numbers 19:10
- Psalms 102:9
- Psalms 147:16
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Ashes.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Ashes?
Ashes appears in 22 verses across 13 books, most often in Job, which accounts for 4 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Ashes?
Job, Isaiah, Esther, Ezekiel, Numbers, Psalms, 2 Samuel, Daniel, and 5 more.
Where can I read every verse about Ashes?
This page lists 22 of them. Protos carries all 22, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
