HebrewH5778Proper Noun (Masculine)
עוֹפַי
o.phay
“Ephai”
1Occurrences
H5778Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Ephai, an Israelite
from H5775 (עוֹף); birdlike;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at § Ephai = "gloomy" a Netophathite, whose sons were among the captains of the forces left in Judah after the deportation to Babylon
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
עוֹפַי appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Jeremiah
1
Key Passages
Jeremiah 40:8BSB
they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.
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