HebrewH0669Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֶפְרַ֫יִם

eph.ra.yim

151Occurrences
H0669Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

dual of masculine form of H672 (אֶפְרָת); double fruit;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; 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 ; Ephron (Qere, KJV: Ephrain) at ; § 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֶפְרַ֫יִם appears 151 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Hosea
27
Judges
22
Joshua
18
2 Chronicles
16
Numbers
12
Genesis
9
Isaiah
9
Jeremiah
7

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 27:10BSB

The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

2 Samuel 18:6BSB

So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.

Hosea 5:12BSB

So I am like a moth to Ephraim,and like decay to the house of Judah.

Judges 12:6BSB

they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.”If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.

Joshua 17:9BSB

From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.

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