e.phes marks absence or exclusivity, geographical extremities, and in some clauses a stopping point or cessation.

The singular form most often occurs in clauses of absence, where no person, help, rival, or effective thing remains; plural construct forms commonly identify the farthest reaches of land or earth. Other contexts use it to qualify a statement restrictively or to mark a point at which something ends or ceases.

1. Absence or nonexistence · dominant

   Singular forms occur where the clause denies that anyone or anything remains: in Deuteronomy 15:4 the APB renders that there will be no poor, and in Deuteronomy 32:36 it renders that no one remains. In Isaiah 40:17, Isaiah 41:12, Isaiah 41:29, and Isaiah 45:6, the surrounding clauses likewise speak of nothing, opponents reduced to nothing, works that are nothing, or no other beside the LORD.

   Deuteronomy 15:4Deuteronomy 32:36Isaiah 40:17Isaiah 41:12Isaiah 41:29Isaiah 45:6
2. Farthest reaches of land or earth · common

   The plural construct form appears in geographic expressions. In Psalm 2:8 the APB renders the nations as an inheritance and the ends of the land as a possession; in Isaiah 45:22 it addresses all the ends of the earth. Isaiah 52:10 and Zechariah 9:10 similarly place divine salvation or dominion before or toward the earth's extremities.

   Psalm 2:8Isaiah 45:22Isaiah 52:10Psalm 72:8Psalm 98:3Zechariah 9:10
3. Restrictive qualification · occasional

   In several singular absolute occurrences, the clause places a limiting qualification after an instruction or assertion. In Numbers 22:35 the APB renders, "but the word that I speak to you, that you shall speak," and in Judges 4:9 it renders, "however, the road on which you are going will bring you no honor." Numbers 13:28 also introduces the report about the land's strong inhabitants with "Yet."

   Numbers 13:28Numbers 22:35Judges 4:9Isaiah 54:15
4. A point of ending or cessation · occasional

   Some clauses use the term where an activity, condition, or extent reaches its termination. In Job 7:6 the APB renders that Job's days "come to their end without hope," while Proverbs 26:20 renders that quarreling ceases when its provoking source is absent. Proverbs 14:28 contrasts a king's adornment in an abundant people with the end of a people.

   Job 7:6Proverbs 14:28Proverbs 26:20Isaiah 34:12Numbers 23:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with varied wording across the clauses, including "no poor," "no one," "nothing," "no other," and "ends of the earth." Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.