Afor (אפור) means grey in Hebrew.
It can also mean gray. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
grey, gray
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Afor.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שצבעו כצבע האֵפֶר, צבע ביניים בין שחור ללבן.
- 2משעמם, חדגוני, חסר חיים.
- 3בהשאלהלא רשמי
The word Afor is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- אָפֹר
- Written without vowel points
- אפור
- Said
- afor
- Root
- א־פ־ר
- Pattern
- קָטֹל
- Plural
- אֲפֹרִים
- Feminine form
- אֲפֹרָה
- Inflections
- ר' אֲפֹרִים; אֲפֹר־, ר' אֲפֹרֵי־; נ' אֲפֹרָה, נ"ר אֲפֹרוֹת; נ' אֲפֹרַת־, נ"ר אֲפֹרוֹת־
- Gematria
- 287
This is how Afor is said in other languages.
- English
- grey, gray
- Arabic
- رَمَادِيّ, سَكَنِيّ
- Russian
- серый
- French
- gris
- Spanish
- gris, plomo
- German
- grau
- Yiddish
- גרוי
These words mean nearly the same as Afor.
- אמוץ
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These words rhyme with Afor.
The word Afor is part of these phrases and sayings.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Afor comes from the root א־פ־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Afor in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Afor.
What does Afor (אפור) mean in Hebrew?
Afor (אפור) means grey and gray. It is said afor, with the stress on for.
What is a synonym for Afor (אפור)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Afor (אפור) are אמוץ.
What rhymes with Afor (אפור)?
Words that rhyme with Afor (אפור) include אור, עור, צינור, מקור, אזור, and בור.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אפר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.