Ephrayim אֶפְרַ֫יִם

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Ephrayim
אֶפְרַ֫יִם
Transliterationephrayim
Strong's numberH669 (H0669G, H0669H, H0669I, H0669K, H0669L, H0669J)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossEphraim
Occurrences180 in 164 verses
Most frequent inHosea (32)

Ephrayim (Hebrew אֶפְרַ֫יִם, Strong's H669) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Ephraim”. It occurs 180 times.

Definition

H0669G: Ephraim

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.52;
son of: Joseph (H3130) and Asenath (H0621);
brother of: Manasseh (H4519);
father of: Shuthelah (H7803), Becher (H1071H), Tahan (H8465), Ezer (H5827), Elead (H0496) and Beriah (H1283H); also called Ephrathite (NIV: Ephraimite) at 1Sa.1.1; Ephron (Qere, KJV: Ephrain) at 2Ch.13.19;
§ 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

H0669H: Ephraim (Gate)

§ Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
a chief gate of Jerusalem

H0669I: Ephraim (Gate)

§ Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
a chief gate of Nehemiah's Jerusalem

H0669K: (Forest of) Ephraim

Combined with ya.ar (יַ֫עַר " Forest" H3293H)
§ Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
This name is used for the mountain country of Ephraim

H0669L: Ephraim

Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
the country of the tribe of Ephraim
Also named: Ephraim (Ἐφραίμ "Ephraim" G2187)

H0669J: (Mount) Ephraim

Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
the mountain country of Ephraim
Another name of e.val (עֵיבָל "(Mount )Ebal" H5858C)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVephraim (171), ephraimites (5), ephraim's (4)
BSBephraim (144), ephraim's (8), o ephraim (4), ephraimites (3), ephraimite (2), you like ephraim (1), belonging to ephraim (1), leading to ephraim (1), along with those from the tribes of ephraim (1), well as in ephraim (1), along with ephraim (1), is not ephraim (1), and 2 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Ephrayim, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Obadiah

Zechariah

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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