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Lexicon :: Strong's H374 - 'êp̄â

Aa
אֵיפָה
Transliteration
'êp̄â
Pronunciation
ay-faw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Egyptian derivation
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TWOT Reference: 82

Strong’s Definitions

אֵיפָה ʼêyphâh, ay-faw'; or (shortened) אֵפָה ʼêphâh ; of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general:—ephah, (divers) measure(-s).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H374 in the following manner: ephah (34x), measure(s) (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x
The KJV translates Strong's H374 in the following manner: ephah (34x), measure(s) (6x).

  1. ephah

    1. a dry measure of quantity, equal to 3 seahs, 10 omers; the same as the liquid measure bath; (about 9 imperial gallons (40 l), rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount)

    2. the receptacle for measuring or holding that amount

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵיפָה ʼêyphâh, ay-faw'; or (shortened) אֵפָה ʼêphâh ; of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general:—ephah, (divers) measure(-s).
STRONGS H374: Abbreviations
† אֵיפָה 35, אֵפָה noun feminine ephah (etymology dubious, Greek Version of the LXX. οιφι etc., compare Coptic ôipi, Thes LagOr. ii. 2 & cit.) — א׳ Numbers 5:15 +; אֵפָה Exodus 16:36 +; construct אֵיפַת Leviticus 19:36 +; — ephah, a grain-measure.
1. a certain quantity of wheat, barley, etc. = ten omers (עֹמֶר) Exodus 16:36 (compare in measure of offerings Leviticus 5:11; Leviticus 6:13; Numbers 5:15; Numbers 28:5, all עֲשִׂירִית הָא׳; = 1/10 chomer (חֹמֶר) Ezekiel 45:11 (= bath, בַּת, liquid measure which see) compare Isaiah 5:10; chiefly of offerings, see above & 1 Samuel 1:24; Ezekiel 45:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 45:24 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 46:5 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:7 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 46:11 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 46:14; compare Judges 6:19, but also of food 1 Samuel 17:17 compare Ruth 2:17 & Isaiah 5:10 above
2. receptacle or measure, holding an ephah, in prophetic vision Zechariah 5:6, 7, 8, 9, 10; just measure אֵיפַתצֶֿדֶק Leviticus 19:36 (|| מאֹזְנֵיצֿ׳, אַבְנֵיצֿ׳, הִֶין צ׳) compare Ezekiel 45:10, 11; אֵיפָה שׁלֵמָה וָצ׳ Deuteronomy 25:15 (|| וָצ׳ אֶבֶן שׁ׳); of unjust measure אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה Deuteronomy 25:14; Proverbs 20:10; הַקְטִין א׳ Amos 8:5; אֵיפַת רָווֺן Micah 6:10. (On the actual size of ephah, compare H1324 בַּת).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:36; 16:36

Leviticus

5:11; 6:13; 19:36; 19:36

Numbers

5:15; 5:15; 28:5

Deuteronomy

25:14; 25:15

Judges

6:19

Ruth

2:17

1 Samuel

1:24; 17:17

Proverbs

20:10

Isaiah

5:10; 5:10

Ezekiel

45:10; 45:11; 45:11; 45:13; 45:24; 46:5; 46:7; 46:11; 46:14

Amos

8:5

Micah

6:10

Zechariah

5:6; 5:7; 5:8; 5:9; 5:10

H374

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Strong's Number H374 matches the Hebrew אֵיפָה ('êp̄â),
which occurs 40 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:36 - Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - But if he has not enough money for two doves or two young pigeons, then let him give, for the sin he has done, the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, for a sin-offering; let him put no oil on it, and no perfume, for it is a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to make to the Lord on the day when he is made a priest: the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal for a meal offering for ever; half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5 - And the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal for a meal offering mixed with the fourth part of a hin of clear oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 - Or in your house different measures, a great and a small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 - Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:17 - So she went on getting together the heads of grain till evening; and after crushing out the seed it came to about an ephah of grain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 - And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten cakes of bread, and go quickly with them to the tents to your brothers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 - For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11 - The ephah and the bath are to be of the same measure, so that the bath is equal to a tenth of a homer, and the ephah to a tenth of a homer: the unit of measure is to be a homer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - This is the offering you are to give: a sixth of an ephah out of a homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah out of a homer of barley;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:24 - And he is to give a meal offering, an ephah for every ox and an ephah for every sheep and a hin of oil to every ephah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5 - And the meal offering is to be an ephah for the sheep, and for the lambs whatever he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - And he is to give a meal offering, an ephah for the ox and an ephah for the sheep, and for the lambs whatever he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:11 - At the feasts and the fixed meetings the meal offerings are to be an ephah for an ox, and an ephah for a male sheep, and for the lambs whatever he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - And you are to give, morning by morning, a meal offering with it, a sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of oil dropped on the best meal; a meal offering offered to the Lord at all times by an eternal order.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:10 - Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - And I said to the angel who was talking to me, Where are they taking the ephah?
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