Ephoh אֵיפֹה
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| אֵיפֹה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ephoh |
| Strong's number | H375 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | interrogative |
| Gloss | where? |
| Occurrences | 10 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (2) |
Ephoh (Hebrew אֵיפֹה, Strong's H375) is a Hebrew interrogative meaning “where?”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) where?
2) what kind?
2) what kind?
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | where (9), what (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | where (8), what kind (1), is there any place where (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Ephoh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 37:16And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
Judges
- Judges 8:18Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
Ruth
- Ruth 2:19And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 19:22Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 9:4And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo–debar.“Where is he?” replied the king. And Ziba said, “Indeed, he is in Lo-debar at the house of Machir son of Ammiel.”
Job
- Job 4:7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
- Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 49:21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 3:2Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
- Jeremiah 36:19Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).