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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 [fn]omer H6016 is a tenth H6224 of an ephah H374.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 -

‘But if H518 his [fn]means H3027 are H5381 insufficient H3808 H5381 for two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, then for his offering H7133 for that which H834 he has sinned H2398, he shall bring H935 the tenth H6224 of an [fn]ephah H374 of fine H5560 flour H5560 as a sin H2403 offering H2403; he shall not put H7760 oil H8081 on it or place H5414 incense H3828 on it, for it is a sin H2403 offering H2403.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - “This H2088 is the offering H7133 which H834 Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 are to present H7126 to the LORD H3068 on the day H3117 when he is anointed H4886; the tenth H6224 of an [fn]ephah H374 of fine H5560 flour H5560 as a [fn]regular H8548 grain offering H4503, half H4276 of it in the morning H1242 and half H4276 of it in the evening H6153.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - ‘You shall have H1961 accurate H6664 balances H3976, accurate H6664 weights H68, an accurate H6664 [fn]ephah H374, and an accurate H6664 [fn]hin H1969; I am the LORD H3068 your God H430, who H834 brought H3318 you out H3318 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - the man H376 shall then bring H935 his wife H802 to the priest H3548, and shall bring H935 as [fn]an offering H7133 for her a tenth H6224 of an [fn]ephah H374 of barley H8184 meal H7058; he shall not pour H3332 oil H8081 on it nor H3808 put H5414 frankincense H3828 on it, because H3588 it is a grain offering H4503 of jealousy H7068, a grain offering H4503 of reminder H2146, a reminder H2142 of wrongdoing H5771.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5 - also a tenth H6224 of an ephah H374 of fine H5560 flour H5560 as a grain offering H4503, mixed H1101 with a fourth H7243 of a [fn]hin H1969 of pure H3795 oil H8081.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 - “You shall not have H1961 in your house H1004 [fn]differing H374 measures H374, a large H1419 and a small H6996.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - “You shall have H1961 a correct H8003 and honest H6664 [fn]weight H68; you shall have H1961 a correct H8003 and honest H6664 [fn]measure H374, so H4616 that H4616 your days H3117 may be prolonged H748 [fn]in the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 -

Then Gideon H1439 went H935 in H935 and prepared H6213 a young H1423 H5795 goat H1423 H5795 and unleavened H4682 bread H4682 from an [fn]ephah H374 of flour H7058; he put H7760 the meat H1320 in a basket H5536 [fn]and the broth H4839 in a pot H6517, and brought H3318 them out H3318 to him under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 and presented H5066 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:17 -

So she gleaned H3950 in the field H7704 until H5704 evening H6153. Then she beat H2251 out H2251 what H834 she had gleaned H3950, and it was about an [fn]ephah H374 of barley H8184.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - Now when H834 she had weaned H1580 him, she took H5927 him up H5927 with her, with a three-year-old H7969 bull H6499, one H259 ephah H374 of flour H7058, and a jug H5035 of wine H3196, and brought H935 him to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in Shiloh H7887, although the child H5288 was young H5288.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 -

Then Jesse H3448 said H559 to his son H1121 David H1732, “Take H3947 now H4994 for your brothers H251 an ephah H374 of this H2088 roasted H7039 grain H7039 and these H2088 ten H6235 loaves H3899, and run H7323 to the camp H4264 to your brothers H251.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 -

[fn]Differing H68 weights H68 and differing H374 measures H374,

Both H1571 H8147 of them are abominable H8441 to the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 -

“For ten H6235 acres H6776 of vineyard H3754 will yield H6213 only one H259 [fn]bath H1324 of wine,

And a [fn]homer H2563 of seed H2233 will yield H6213 only an [fn]ephah H374 of grain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 -

“You shall have H1961 accurate H6664 balances H3976, an accurate H6664 [fn]ephah H374, and an accurate H6664 [fn]bath H1324.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11 - “The ephah H374 and the bath H1324 shall be [fn]the same H259 quantity H8506, so that the bath H1324 will contain H5375 a tenth H4643 of a homer H2563, and the ephah H374 a tenth H6224 of a [fn]homer H2563; [fn]their standard H4971 shall be according H413 to H413 the homer H2563.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 -

“This H2088 is the offering H8641 that you shall offer H7311: a sixth H8345 of an ephah H374 from each homer H2563 of wheat H2406; a sixth H8341 of an ephah H374 from each homer H2563 of barley H8184;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:24 - “And he shall provide H6213 as a grain offering H4503 an [fn]ephah H374 [fn]with a bull H6499, an [fn]ephah H374 [fn]with a ram H352, and a [fn]hin H1969 of oil H8081 [fn]with an ephah H374.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5 - and the grain offering H4503 shall be an [fn]ephah H374 [fn]with the ram H352, and the grain offering H4503 [fn]with the lambs H3532 [fn]as much H3027 as he is able H3027 to give H4991, and a [fn]hin H1969 of oil H8081 [fn]with an ephah H374.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - “And he shall provide H6213 a grain offering H4503, an ephah H374 [fn]with the bull H6499 and an ephah H374 [fn]with the ram H352, and [fn]with the lambs H3532 as [fn]much H5381 as he is able H5381 H3027, and a hin H1969 of oil H8081 [fn]with an ephah H374.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:11 -

“At the festivals H2282 and the appointed H4150 feasts H4150, the grain offering H4503 shall be an ephah H374 [fn]with a bull H6499 and an ephah H374 [fn]with a ram H352, and [fn]with the lambs H3532 as [fn]much H3027 as one is able H3027 to give H4991, and a hin H1969 of oil H8081 [fn]with an ephah H374.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - “You shall also provide H6213 a grain offering H4503 with it morning H1242 by morning H1242, a sixth H8345 of an ephah H374 and a third H7992 of a hin H1969 of oil H8081 to moisten H7450 the fine H5560 flour H5560, a grain offering H4503 to the LORD H3068 continually H8548 by [fn]a permanent H5769 ordinance H2708.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying H559,

“When H4970 will the new H2320 moon H2320 [fn]be H5674 over H5674,

So that we may sell H7666 grain H7668;

And the Sabbath H7676, so that we may open H6605 the wheat H1250 market,

To make H6994 the [fn]ephah H374 smaller H6994 and the [fn]shekel H8255 bigger H1431,

And to cheat H5791 with dishonest H4820 scales H3976,

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“Is there still H5750 a person H376 in the wicked H7563 house H1004,

Along with treasures H214 of wickedness H7562,

And a [fn]short H7332 measure H374 that is cursed H2194?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - And I said H559, “What H4100 is it?” Then he said H559, “This H2088 is the [fn]ephah H374 going H3318 forth H3318.” Again he said H559, “This H2088 is their [fn]appearance H5869 in all H3605 the [fn]land H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - And behold H2009, a lead H5777 cover H3603 was lifted H5375 up H5375.” He continued, “And this H2088 is a woman H802 sitting H3427 inside H8432 the ephah H374.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - Then he said H559, “This H2088 is Wickedness H7564!” And he thrust H7993 her into the middle H8432 of the ephah H374 and threw H7993 the lead H5777 weight H68 on its [fn]opening H6310.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then I raised H5375 my eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and there two H8147 women H802 were coming H3318 out H3318 with the wind H7307 in their wings H3671; and they had wings H3671 like the wings H3671 of the stork H2624, and they lifted H5375 up H5375 the ephah H374 between H996 the earth H776 and the heavens H8064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - So I said H559 to the angel H4397 who was speaking H1696 with me, “Where H575 are they taking H1980 the ephah H374?”
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