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Lexicon :: Strong's H669 - 'ep̄rayim

Aa
אֶפְרַיִם
Transliteration
'ep̄rayim
Pronunciation
ef-rah'-yim
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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).
  1. 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.
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; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 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 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 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-GutheZPV 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 3 / 4 (Neh 12:39–Hos 10:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - And from above H5921 the gate H8179 of Ephraim, H669 and above H5921 the old H3466 gate, H8179 and above H5921 the fish H1709 gate, H8179 and the tower H4026 of Hananeel, H2606 and the tower H4026 of Meah, H3968 even unto H5704 the sheep H6629 gate: H8179 and they stood still H5975 in H8179 the prison H4307 gate. H8179
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - Gilead H1568 is mine, H589 and H589 Manasseh H4519 is mine; H589 Ephraim also H669 is the strength H4581 of mine head; H7218 Judah H3063 is my lawgiver; H2710
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 - The children H1121 of Ephraim, H669 being armed, H5401 and carrying H7411 bows, H7198 turned back H2015 in the day H3117 of battle. H7128
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 - Moreover he refused H3988 the tabernacle H168 of Joseph, H3130 and H7626 chose H977 not H3808 the tribe H7626 of Ephraim: H669
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:2 - Before H6440 Ephraim H669 and Benjamin H1144 and Manasseh H4519 stir up H5782 thy strength, H1369 and come H3212 and save H3444 us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - Gilead H1568 is mine; H589 Manasseh H4519 is mine; H589 Ephraim also H669 is the strength H4581 of mine head; H7218 Judah H3063 is my lawgiver; H2710
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - And it was told H5046 the house H1004 of David, H1732 saying, H559 Syria H758 is confederate H5117 with H5921 Ephraim. H669 And H5128 his heart H3824 was moved, H5128 and the heart H3824 of his people, H5971 as H5128 the trees H6086 of the wood H3293 are moved H5128 with H6440 the wind. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:5 - Because H3282 H3588 Syria, H758 Ephraim, H669 and the son H1121 of Remaliah, H7425 have taken H3289 evil H7451 counsel H3289 against thee, H5921 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:8 - For H3588 the head H7218 of Syria H758 is Damascus, H1834 and the head H7218 of Damascus H1834 is Rezin; H7526 and within H1157 threescore H8346 and five H2568 years H8141 shall H2844 Ephraim H669 be broken, H2844 that it be not a people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:9 - And the head H7218 of Ephraim H669 is Samaria, H8111 and the head H7218 of Samaria H8111 is Remaliah's H7425 son. H1121 If H518 ye will H539 not H3808 believe, H539 surely H3588 ye shall H539 not H3808 be established. H539
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:17 - The LORD H3068 shall bring H935 upon thee, H5921 and upon H5921 thy people, H5971 and upon H5921 thy father's H1 house, H1004 days H3117 that H834 have H935 not H3808 come, H935 from the day H3117 that H5493 Ephraim H669 departed H5493 from H5921 Judah; H3063 even the king H4428 of Assyria. H804
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:9 - And H3045 all H3605 the people H5971 shall know, H3045 even Ephraim H669 and the inhabitant H3427 of Samaria, H8111 that say H559 in the pride H1346 and stoutness H1433 of heart, H3824
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:21 - Manasseh, H4519 Ephraim; H669 and Ephraim, H669 Manasseh: H4519 and they H1992 together H3162 shall be against H5921 Judah. H3063 For all H3605 this H2063 his anger H639 is H7725 not H3808 turned away, H7725 but H5750 his hand H3027 is stretched out H5186 still. H5750
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - The envy H7068 also H5493 of Ephraim H669 shall depart, H5493 and the adversaries H6862 of Judah H3063 shall be cut off: H3772 Ephraim H669 shall H7065 not H3808 envy H7065 Judah, H3063 and Judah H3063 shall H6887 not H3808 vex H6887 Ephraim. H669
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - The fortress H4013 also shall cease H7673 from Ephraim, H669 and the kingdom H4467 from Damascus, H1834 and the remnant H7605 of Syria: H758 they shall be H1961 as the glory H3519 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe H1945 to the crown H5850 of pride, H1348 to the drunkards H7910 of Ephraim, H669 whose H8597 glorious H6643 beauty H8597 is a H6731 fading H5034 flower, H6731 which H834 are on H5921 the head H7218 of the H1516 fat H8081 valleys H1516 of them that are overcome H1986 with wine! H3196
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:3 - The crown H5850 of pride, H1348 the drunkards H7910 of Ephraim, H669 shall be trodden H7429 under feet: H7272
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:15 - For H3588 a voice H6963 declareth H5046 from Dan, H1835 and publisheth H8085 affliction H205 from mount H2022 Ephraim. H669
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:15 - And I will cast H7993 you H853 out H5921 of my sight, H6440 as H834 I have cast out H7993 all H3605 your brethren, H251 even the H2233 whole H3605 seed H2233 of Ephraim. H669
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:6 - For H3588 there shall be H3426 a day, H3117 that the watchmen H5341 upon the mount H2022 Ephraim H669 shall cry, H7121 Arise ye, H6965 and let us go up H5927 to Zion H6726 unto H413 the LORD H3068 our God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 - They shall come H935 with weeping, H1065 and with supplications H8469 will I lead them: H2986 I will cause them to walk H3212 by H413 the rivers H5158 of waters H4325 in a H1870 straight H3477 way, H1870 wherein they shall H3782 not H3808 stumble: H3782 for H3588 I am H1961 a father H1 to Israel, H3478 and Ephraim H669 is my firstborn. H1060
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18 - I have H8085 surely H8085 heard H8085 Ephraim H669 bemoaning himself H5110 thus; Thou hast chastised me, H3256 and I was chastised, H3256 as a bullock H5695 unaccustomed H3808 H3925 to the yoke: turn thou me, H7725 and I shall be turned; H7725 for H3588 thou H859 art the LORD H3068 my God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 - Is Ephraim H669 my H589 dear H3357 son? H1121 is he a H3206 pleasant H8191 child? H3206 for H3588 since H1767 I spake H1696 against him, I do H2142 earnestly H2142 remember him H2142 still: H5750 therefore H5921 H3651 my bowels H4578 are troubled H1993 for him; I will H7355 surely H7355 have mercy upon him, H7355 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - And I will bring H7725 Israel H3478 again H7725 to H413 his habitation, H5116 and he shall feed H7462 on Carmel H3760 and Bashan, H1316 and H2022 his soul H5315 shall be satisfied H7646 upon mount H2022 Ephraim H669 and Gilead. H1568
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:16 - Moreover, thou H859 son H1121 of man, H120 take H3947 thee one H259 stick, H6086 and write H3789 upon it, H5921 For Judah, H3063 and for the children H1121 of Israel H3478 his companions: H2270 then take H3947 another H259 stick, H6086 and write H3789 upon it, H5921 For Joseph, H3130 the stick H6086 of Ephraim, H669 and for all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 his companions: H2270
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:19 - Say H1696 unto them, H413 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Behold, H2009 I H589 will take H3947 the stick H6086 of Joseph, H3130 which H834 is in the hand H3027 of Ephraim, H669 and the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 his fellows, H2270 and will put H5414 them H853 with him, H5921 even with H854 the stick H6086 of Judah, H3063 and make them H6213 one H259 stick, H6086 and they shall be H1961 one H259 in mine hand. H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:5 - And by H5921 the border H1366 of Manasseh, H4519 from the H6285 east H6921 side H6285 unto H5704 the H6285 west H3220 side, H6285 a H259 portion for Ephraim. H669
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:6 - And by H5921 the border H1366 of Ephraim, H669 from the H6285 east H6921 side H6285 even unto H5704 the H6285 west H3220 side, H6285 a H259 portion for Reuben. H7205
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:17 - Ephraim H669 is joined to H2266 idols: H6091 let H3240 him alone. H3240
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3 - I H589 know H3045 Ephraim, H669 and Israel H3478 is H3582 not H3808 hid H3582 from me: H4480 for H3588 now, H6258 O Ephraim, H669 thou committest whoredom, H2181 and Israel H3478 is defiled. H2930
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 - And H6030 the pride H1347 of Israel H3478 doth testify H6030 to his face: H6440 therefore H3478 shall H3782 Israel H3478 and Ephraim H669 fall H3782 in their iniquity; H5771 Judah H3063 also H1571 shall fall H3782 with them. H5973
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - Ephraim H669 shall be H1961 desolate H8047 in the day H3117 of rebuke: H8433 among the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 have I made known H3045 that which shall surely be. H539
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11 - Ephraim H669 is oppressed H6231 and broken H7533 in judgment, H4941 because H3588 he willingly H2974 walked H1980 after H310 the commandment. H6673
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:12 - Therefore will I H589 be unto Ephraim H669 as a moth, H6211 and H7538 to the house H1004 of Judah H3063 as rottenness. H7538
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:13 - When H7200 Ephraim H669 saw H7200 his sickness, H2483 and Judah H3063 saw his wound, H4205 then went H3212 Ephraim H669 to H413 the Assyrian, H804 and sent H7971 to H413 king H4428 Jareb: H3377 yet H1931 could H3201 he H1931 not H3808 heal H7495 you, nor H3808 cure you H1455 of your H4480 wound. H4205
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:14 - For H3588 I H595 will be unto Ephraim H669 as a lion, H7826 and as a young lion H3715 to the house H1004 of Judah: H3063 I, H589 even I, H589 will tear H2963 and go away; H3212 I will take away, H5375 and none H369 shall rescue H5337 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:4 - O Ephraim, H669 what H4100 shall I do H6213 unto thee? O Judah, H3063 what H4100 shall I do H6213 unto thee? for your goodness H2617 is as a H6051 morning H1242 cloud, H6051 and as the H2919 early H7925 dew H2919 it goeth away. H1980
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:10 - I have seen H7200 an horrible thing H8186 in the house H1004 of Israel: H3478 there H8033 is the whoredom H2184 of Ephraim, H669 Israel H3478 is defiled. H2930
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 - When I would have healed H7495 Israel, H3478 then H1540 the iniquity H5771 of Ephraim H669 was discovered, H1540 and the wickedness H7451 of Samaria: H8111 for H3588 they commit H6466 falsehood; H8267 and the thief H1590 cometh in, H935 and the troop of robbers H1416 spoileth H6584 without. H2351
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:8 - Ephraim, H669 he H1931 hath mixed himself H1101 among the people; H5971 Ephraim H669 is H1961 a cake H5692 not H1097 turned. H2015
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 - Ephraim H669 also is H1961 like a H3123 silly H6601 dove H3123 without H369 heart: H3820 they call H7121 to Egypt, H4714 they go H1980 to Assyria. H804
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:9 - For H3588 they H1992 are gone up H5927 to Assyria, H804 a wild ass H6501 alone H909 by himself: Ephraim H669 hath hired H8566 lovers. H158
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:11 - Because H3588 Ephraim H669 hath made many H7235 altars H4196 to sin, H2398 altars H4196 shall be H1961 unto him to sin. H2398
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:3 - They shall H3427 not H3808 dwell H3427 in the H776 LORD'S H3068 land; H776 but H7725 Ephraim H669 shall return H7725 to Egypt, H4714 and H804 they shall eat H398 unclean H2931 things in Assyria. H804
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - The watchman H6822 of Ephraim H669 was with H5973 my God: H430 but the prophet H5030 is a snare H6341 of a fowler H3352 in H5921 all H3605 his ways, H1870 and hatred H4895 in the house H1004 of his God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:11 - As for Ephraim, H669 their glory H3519 shall fly away H5774 like a bird, H5775 from the birth, H3205 and from the womb, H990 and from the conception. H2032
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - Ephraim, H669 as H834 I saw H7200 Tyrus, H6865 is planted H8362 in a pleasant place: H5116 but Ephraim H669 shall bring forth H3318 his children H1121 to H413 the murderer. H2026
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim H669 is smitten, H5221 their root H8328 is dried up, H3001 they shall bear H6213 no H1077 fruit: H6529 yea, H1571 though H3588 they bring forth, H3205 yet will I slay H4191 even the beloved H4261 fruit of their womb. H990
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - It H853 shall be H2986 also H1571 carried H2986 unto Assyria H804 for a present H4503 to king H4428 Jareb: H3377 Ephraim H669 shall receive H3947 shame, H1317 and H954 Israel H3478 shall be ashamed H954 of his own counsel. H6098
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:11 - And Ephraim H669 is as an heifer H5697 that is taught, H3925 and loveth H157 to tread out H1758 the corn; but I H589 passed over H5674 upon H5921 her H6676 fair H2898 neck: H6676 I will make H7392 Ephraim H669 to ride; H7392 Judah H3063 shall plow, H2790 and Jacob H3290 shall break H7702 his clods. H7702

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