Lexicon :: Strong's H669 - 'ep̄rayim

אֶפְרַיִם

Transliteration

'ep̄rayim

Pronunciation

ef-rah'-yim

Part of Speech

proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Dual of אֶפְרָת (H672)

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim; dual of masculine form of H672; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:—Ephraim, Ephraimites.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 180x

The KJV translates Strong's H669 in the following manner: Ephraim (176x), Ephraimite (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 180x

The KJV translates Strong's H669 in the following manner: Ephraim (176x), Ephraimite (4x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
1. second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh
2. the tribe, Ephraim
3. the mountain country of Ephraim
4. sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)
5. a city near Baal-hazor
6. a chief gate of Jerusalem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim; dual of masculine form of H672; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:—Ephraim, Ephraimites.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H669: Abbreviations

אֶפְרַ֫יִם proper name, masculine Ephraim (Genesis 41:52 connected with הִפְרָה, Hiph. of פרה, compare פרא Hiph. Hosea 13:15).

1. 2nd son of Joseph Genesis 41:52; Genesis 46:20; reckoned among sons of Jacob, blessed by him, and given preference over Manasseh Genesis 48:1, 5, 13, 14, 17 (twice in verse) (compare Genesis 48:19) Genesis 48:20; Genesis 48:20; Genesis 50:23; Numbers 1:10; 1 Chronicles 7:20, 22.

2. בְּנֵי אֶפְרַיִם (= descendants, tribe of east) Numbers 1:32; Numbers 2:18 (twice in verse); Numbers 2:24; Numbers 7:48; Numbers 10:22; Numbers 26:35, 37; Joshua 16:5, 9 (boundaries of territory), Joshua 17:8; 1 Chronicles 9:3; 1 Chronicles 12:31; 1 Chronicles 27:10, 14, 20; 2 Chronicles 28:12; less often מַטֵּה א׳ Numbers 1:33; Numbers 13:8; Joshua 21:5; 1 Chronicles 6:51; מַטֵּה בְנֵי־א׳ Numbers 34:24; Joshua 16:8; compare Joshua 14:4; שֵׁבֶט א׳ Psalm 78:67 (|| אֹהֶל יוֺסֵף); בֵּית א׳ Judges 10:9; also א׳ alone, tribe Ephraim Numbers 26:28; Deuteronomy 33:17; Joshua 16:10 + often; וּמְנַשֶּׁה אֶרֶין א׳ Joshua 17:17 compare Judges 12:15; 2 Chronicles 30:10 especially

3. הַר־אֶפְרַיִם the mountain-country of Ephraim, a ridge stretching from north to south through territory assigned to Ephraim, with fruitful land on both slopes, especially the western (compare Di Joshua 16:1) Joshua 17:15; Joshua 19:50; Joshua 20:7; Judges 2:9; Judges 3:27; Judges 4:5 + 26 times

4. by Hosea & Isaiah (rarely later) אֶפְרַיִם = kingdom of northern Israel (from Ephraim as largest & strongest tribe in it) Hosea 4:17; Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 (|| יִשְׂרָאֵל) Hosea 5:11; Hosea 5:12 + 30 times Hosea; Isaiah 7:2, 5, 8, 9, 17 + 9 times Isaiah; also Jeremiah 7:15; Jeremiah 31:9, 18, 20; Ezekiel 37:16 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 37:19; Psalm 78:9; 2 Chronicles 25:7, 10; compare 2 Chronicles 30:1; Psalm 60:9 = Psalm 108:9; עָרֵי א׳ 2 Chronicles 17:2; compare 2 Chronicles 34:6; שְׂדֵה א׳ Obadiah 19; hence א׳ alone in local sense 2 Chronicles 31:1; also Hosea 5:9, where feminine (& perhaps Isaiah 7:2).

5. יִעַר אֶפְרַיִם 2 Samuel 18:6, east of Jordan; Klo read יער מַחֲנַיִם compare 2 Samuel 17:24, 27.

6. name of a city near Baal-hazor 2 Samuel 13:23 (= Ἐφραϊμ John 11:54 & 1 Macc 11:34? Klo compare Γοφραιμ & עפרון, Qr עֶפְרַיִן 2 Chronicles 13:9; so previously Bö Th Ke compare Dr).

7. שַׁעַר אֶפְרַיִם a chief gate of Jerusalem 2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 25:23; Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 12:39; perhaps at northwest angle, near Holy Sepulchre, compare Schick-Guthe^{ZPV 1885}.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:52; 41:52; 46:20; 48:1; 48:5; 48:13; 48:14; 48:17; 48:19; 48:20; 48:20; 50:23

Numbers

1:10; 1:32; 1:33; 2:18; 2:24; 7:48; 10:22; 13:8; 26:28; 26:35; 26:37; 34:24

Deuteronomy

33:17

Joshua

14:4; 16:1; 16:5; 16:8; 16:9; 16:10; 17:8; 17:15; 17:17; 19:50; 20:7; 21:5

Judges

2:9; 3:27; 4:5; 10:9; 12:15

2 Samuel

13:23; 17:24; 17:27; 18:6

2 Kings

14:13

1 Chronicles

6:51; 7:20; 7:22; 9:3; 12:31; 27:10; 27:14; 27:20

2 Chronicles

13:9; 17:2; 25:7; 25:10; 25:23; 28:12; 30:1; 30:10; 31:1; 34:6

Nehemiah

8:16; 12:39

Psalms

60:9; 78:9; 78:67; 108:9

Isaiah

7:2; 7:2; 7:5; 7:8; 7:9; 7:17

Jeremiah

7:15; 31:9; 31:18; 31:20

Ezekiel

37:16; 37:19

Hosea

4:17; 5:3; 5:5; 5:9; 5:11; 5:12; 13:15

Obadiah

1:19

John

11:1; 11:54

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H669 matches the Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם ('ep̄rayim),
which occurs 180 times in 164 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 41:52–Jdg 10:1)

Gen 41:52

Gen 41:52 - And the name^H8034 of the second^H8145 called^H7121 he Ephraim:^H669 For God^H430 hath caused me to be fruitful^H6509 in the land^H776 of my affliction.^H6040

Gen 46:20

Gen 46:20 - And unto Joseph^H3130 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 were born^H3205 Manasseh^H4519 and Ephraim,^H669 which Asenath^H621 the daughter^H1323 of Potipherah^H6319 priest^H3548 of On^H204 bare^H3205 unto him.

Gen 48:1

Gen 48:1 - And it came to pass after^H310 these things,^H1697 that one told^H559 Joseph,^H3130 Behold, thy father^H1 is sick:^H2470 and he took^H3947 with him his two^H8147 sons,^H1121 Manasseh^H4519 and Ephraim.^H669

Gen 48:5

Gen 48:5 - And now thy two^H8147 sons,^H1121 Ephraim^H669 and Manasseh,^H4519 which were born^H3205 unto thee in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 before^H5704 I came^H935 unto thee into Egypt,^H4714 are mine; as Reuben^H7205 and Simeon,^H8095 they shall be mine.

Gen 48:13

Gen 48:13 - And Joseph^H3130 took^H3947 them both,^H8147 Ephraim^H669 in his right hand^H3225 toward Israel's^H3478 left hand,^H8040 and Manasseh^H4519 in his left hand^H8040 toward Israel's^H3478 right hand,^H3225 and brought them near^H5066 unto him.

Gen 48:14

Gen 48:14 - And Israel^H3478 stretched out^H7971 his right hand,^H3225 and laid^H7896 it upon Ephraim's^H669 head,^H7218 who was the younger,^H6810 and his left hand^H8040 upon Manasseh's^H4519 head,^H7218 guiding^H7919 ➔ his hands^H3027 wittingly;^H7919 for Manasseh^H4519 was the firstborn.^H1060

Gen 48:17

Gen 48:17 - And when Joseph^H3130 saw^H7200 that his father^H1 laid^H7896 his right^H3225 hand^H3027 upon the head^H7218 of Ephraim,^H669 it displeased^H3415^H5869 him: and he held up^H8551 his father's^H1 hand,^H3027 to remove^H5493 it from Ephraim's^H669 head^H7218 unto Manasseh's^H4519 head.^H7218

Gen 48:20

Gen 48:20 - And he blessed^H1288 them that day,^H3117 saying,^H559 In thee shall Israel^H3478 bless,^H1288 saying,^H559 God^H430 make^H7760 thee as Ephraim^H669 and as Manasseh:^H4519 and he set^H7760 Ephraim^H669 before^H6440 Manasseh.^H4519

Gen 50:23

Gen 50:23 - And Joseph^H3130 saw^H7200 Ephraim's^H669 children^H1121 of the third^H8029 generation: the children^H1121 also of Machir^H4353 the son^H1121 of Manasseh^H4519 were brought up^H3205 upon Joseph's^H3130 knees.^H1290

Num 1:10

Num 1:10 - Of the children^H1121 of Joseph:^H3130 of Ephraim;^H669 Elishama^H476 the son^H1121 of Ammihud:^H5989 of Manasseh;^H4519 Gamaliel^H1583 the son^H1121 of Pedahzur.^H6301

Num 1:32

Num 1:32 - Of the children^H1121 of Joseph,^H3130 namely, of the children^H1121 of Ephraim,^H669 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:33

Num 1:33 - Those that were numbered^H6485 of them, even of the tribe^H4294 of Ephraim,^H669 were forty^H705 thousand^H505 and five^H2568 hundred.^H3967

Num 2:18

Num 2:18 - On the west side^H3220 shall be the standard^H1714 of the camp^H4264 of Ephraim^H669 according to their armies:^H6635 and the captain^H5387 of the sons^H1121 of Ephraim^H669 shall be Elishama^H476 the son^H1121 of Ammihud.^H5989

Num 2:24

Num 2:24 - All that were numbered^H6485 of the camp^H4264 of Ephraim^H669 were an hundred^H3967 thousand^H505 and eight^H8083 thousand^H505 and an hundred,^H3967 throughout their armies.^H6635 And they shall go forward^H5265 in the third rank.^H7992

Num 7:48

Num 7:48 - On the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 Elishama^H476 the son^H1121 of Ammihud,^H5989 prince^H5387 of the children^H1121 of Ephraim,^H669 offered:

Num 10:22

Num 10:22 - And the standard^H1714 of the camp^H4264 of the children^H1121 of Ephraim^H669 set forward^H5265 according to their armies:^H6635 and over his host^H6635 was Elishama^H476 the son^H1121 of Ammihud.^H5989

Num 13:8

Num 13:8 - Of the tribe^H4294 of Ephraim,^H669 Oshea^H1954 the son^H1121 of Nun.^H5126

Num 26:28

Num 26:28 - The sons^H1121 of Joseph^H3130 after their families^H4940 were Manasseh^H4519 and Ephraim.^H669

Num 26:35

Num 26:35 - These are the sons^H1121 of Ephraim^H669 after their families:^H4940 of Shuthelah,^H7803 the family^H4940 of the Shuthalhites:^H8364 of Becher,^H1071 the family^H4940 of the Bachrites:^H1076 of Tahan,^H8465 the family^H4940 of the Tahanites.^H8470

Num 26:37

Num 26:37 - These are the families^H4940 of the sons^H1121 of Ephraim^H669 according to those that were numbered^H6485 of them, thirty^H7970 and two^H8147 thousand^H505 and five^H2568 hundred.^H3967 These are the sons^H1121 of Joseph^H3130 after their families.^H4940

Num 34:24

Num 34:24 - And the prince^H5387 of the tribe^H4294 of the children^H1121 of Ephraim,^H669 Kemuel^H7055 the son^H1121 of Shiphtan.^H8204

Deu 33:17

Deu 33:17 - His glory^H1926 is like the firstling^H1060 of his bullock,^H7794 and his horns^H7161 are like the horns^H7161 of unicorns:^H7214 with them he shall push^H5055 the people^H5971 together^H3162 to the ends^H657 of the earth:^H776 and they are the ten thousands^H7233 of Ephraim,^H669 and they are the thousands^H505 of Manasseh.^H4519

Deu 34:2

Deu 34:2 - And all Naphtali,^H5321 and the land^H776 of Ephraim,^H669 and Manasseh,^H4519 and all the land^H776 of Judah,^H3063 unto the utmost^H314 sea,^H3220

Jos 14:4

Jos 14:4 - For the children^H1121 of Joseph^H3130 were two^H8147 tribes,^H4294 Manasseh^H4519 and Ephraim:^H669 therefore they gave^H5414 no part^H2506 unto the Levites^H3881 in the land,^H776 save cities^H5892 to dwell^H3427 in, with their suburbs^H4054 for their cattle^H4735 and for their substance.^H7075

Jos 16:4

Jos 16:4 - So the children^H1121 of Joseph,^H3130 Manasseh^H4519 and Ephraim,^H669 took their inheritance.^H5157

Jos 16:5

Jos 16:5 - And the border^H1366 of the children^H1121 of Ephraim^H669 according to their families^H4940 was thus: even the border^H1366 of their inheritance^H5159 on the east side^H4217 was Atarothaddar,^H5853 unto Bethhoron^H1032 the upper;^H5945

Jos 16:8

Jos 16:8 - The border^H1366 went out^H3212 from Tappuah^H8599 westward^H3220 unto the river^H5158 Kanah;^H7071 and the goings out^H8444 thereof were at the sea.^H3220 This is the inheritance^H5159 of the tribe^H4294 of the children^H1121 of Ephraim^H669 by their families.^H4940

Jos 16:9

Jos 16:9 - And the separate^H3995 cities^H5892 for the children^H1121 of Ephraim^H669 were among^H8432 the inheritance^H5159 of the children^H1121 of Manasseh,^H4519 all the cities^H5892 with their villages.^H2691

Jos 16:10

Jos 16:10 - And they drave not out^H3423 the Canaanites^H3669 that dwelt^H3427 in Gezer:^H1507 but the Canaanites^H3669 dwell^H3427 among^H7130 the Ephraimites^H669 unto this day,^H3117 and serve^H5647 under tribute.^H4522

Jos 17:8

Jos 17:8 - Now Manasseh^H4519 had the land^H776 of Tappuah:^H8599 but Tappuah^H8599 on the border^H1366 of Manasseh^H4519 belonged to the children^H1121 of Ephraim;^H669

Jos 17:9

Jos 17:9 - And the coast^H1366 descended^H3381 unto the river^H5158 Kanah,^H7071 southward^H5045 of the river:^H5158 these cities^H5892 of Ephraim^H669 are among^H8432 the cities^H5892 of Manasseh:^H4519 the coast^H1366 of Manasseh^H4519 also was on the north side^H6828 of the river,^H5158 and the outgoings^H8444 of it were at the sea:^H3220

Jos 17:10

Jos 17:10 - Southward^H5045 it was Ephraim's,^H669 and northward^H6828 it was Manasseh's,^H4519 and the sea^H3220 is his border;^H1366 and they met together^H6293 in Asher^H836 on the north,^H6828 and in Issachar^H3485 on the east.^H4217

Jos 17:15

Jos 17:15 - And Joshua^H3091 answered^H559 them, If thou be a great^H7227 people,^H5971 then get thee up^H5927 to the wood^H3293 country, and cut down^H1254 for thyself there in the land^H776 of the Perizzites^H6522 and of the giants,^H7497 if mount^H2022 Ephraim^H669 be too narrow^H213 for thee.

Jos 17:17

Jos 17:17 - And Joshua^H3091 spake^H559 unto the house^H1004 of Joseph,^H3130 even to Ephraim^H669 and to Manasseh,^H4519 saying,^H559 Thou art a great^H7227 people,^H5971 and hast great^H1419 power:^H3581 thou shalt not have one^H259 lot^H1486 only:

Jos 19:50

Jos 19:50 - According to the word^H6310 of the LORD^H3068 they gave^H5414 him the city^H5892 which he asked,^H7592 even Timnathserah^H8556 in mount^H2022 Ephraim:^H669 and he built^H1129 the city,^H5892 and dwelt^H3427 therein.

Jos 20:7

Jos 20:7 - And they appointed^H6942 Kedesh^H6943 in Galilee^H1551 in mount^H2022 Naphtali,^H5321 and Shechem^H7927 in mount^H2022 Ephraim,^H669 and Kirjatharba,^H7153 which is Hebron,^H2275 in the mountain^H2022 of Judah.^H3063

Jos 21:5

Jos 21:5 - And the rest^H3498 of the children^H1121 of Kohath^H6955 had by lot^H1486 out of the families^H4940 of the tribe^H4294 of Ephraim,^H669 and out of the tribe^H4294 of Dan,^H1835 and out of the half^H2677 tribe^H4294 of Manasseh,^H4519 ten^H6235 cities.^H5892

Jos 21:20

Jos 21:20 - And the families^H4940 of the children^H1121 of Kohath,^H6955 the Levites^H3881 which remained^H3498 of the children^H1121 of Kohath,^H6955 even they had the cities^H5892 of their lot^H1486 out of the tribe^H4294 of Ephraim.^H669

Jos 21:21

Jos 21:21 - For they gave^H5414 them Shechem^H7927 with her suburbs^H4054 in mount^H2022 Ephraim,^H669 to be a city^H5892 of refuge^H4733 for the slayer;^H7523 and Gezer^H1507 with her suburbs,^H4054

Jos 24:30

Jos 24:30 - And they buried^H6912 him in the border^H1366 of his inheritance^H5159 in Timnathserah,^H8556 which is in mount^H2022 Ephraim,^H669 on the north side^H6828 of the hill^H2022 of Gaash.^H1608

Jos 24:33

Jos 24:33 - And Eleazar^H499 the son^H1121 of Aaron^H175 died;^H4191 and they buried^H6912 him in a hill^H1389 that pertained to Phinehas^H6372 his son,^H1121 which was given^H5414 him in mount^H2022 Ephraim.^H669

Jdg 1:29

Jdg 1:29 - Neither did Ephraim^H669 drive out^H3423 the Canaanites^H3669 that dwelt^H3427 in Gezer;^H1507 but the Canaanites^H3669 dwelt^H3427 in Gezer^H1507 among^H7130 them.

Jdg 2:9

Jdg 2:9 - And they buried^H6912 him in the border^H1366 of his inheritance^H5159 in Timnathheres,^H8556 in the mount^H2022 of Ephraim,^H669 on the north side^H6828 of the hill^H2022 Gaash.^H1608

Jdg 3:27

Jdg 3:27 - And it came to pass, when he was come,^H935 that he blew^H8628 a trumpet^H7782 in the mountain^H2022 of Ephraim,^H669 and the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 went down^H3381 with him from the mount,^H2022 and he before^H6440 them.

Jdg 4:5

Jdg 4:5 - And she dwelt^H3427 under the palm tree^H8560 of Deborah^H1683 between Ramah^H7414 and Bethel^H1008 in mount^H2022 Ephraim:^H669 and the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 came up^H5927 to her for judgment.^H4941

Jdg 5:14

Jdg 5:14 - Out of Ephraim^H669 was there a root^H8328 of them against Amalek;^H6002 after^H310 thee, Benjamin,^H1144 among thy people;^H5971 out of Machir^H4353 came down^H3381 governors,^H2710 and out of Zebulun^H2074 they that handle^H4900 the pen^H7626 of the writer.^H5608

Jdg 7:24

Jdg 7:24 - And Gideon^H1439 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 throughout all mount^H2022 Ephraim,^H669 saying,^H559 Come down^H3381 against^H7125 the Midianites,^H4080 and take^H3920 before them the waters^H4325 unto Bethbarah^H1012 and Jordan.^H3383 Then all the men^H376 of Ephraim^H669 gathered themselves together,^H6817 and took^H3920 the waters^H4325 unto Bethbarah^H1012 and Jordan.^H3383

Jdg 8:1

Jdg 8:1 - And the men^H376 of Ephraim^H669 said^H559 unto him, Why hast thou^H4100 served^H6213 us thus,^H1697 that thou calledst^H7121 us not, when thou wentest^H1980 to fight^H3898 with the Midianites?^H4080 And they did chide^H7378 with him sharply.^H2394

Jdg 8:2

Jdg 8:2 - And he said^H559 unto them, What have I done^H6213 now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning^H5955 of the grapes of Ephraim^H669 better^H2896 than the vintage^H1210 of Abiezer?^H44

Jdg 10:1

Jdg 10:1 - And after^H310 Abimelech^H40 there arose^H6965 to defend^H3467 Israel^H3478 Tola^H8439 the son^H1121 of Puah,^H6312 the son^H1121 of Dodo,^H1734 a man^H376 of Issachar;^H3485 and he dwelt^H3427 in Shamir^H8069 in mount^H2022 Ephraim.^H669

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