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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 1 / 4 (Gen 41:52–Jdg 10:1)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:52 - He named H7121 H8034 the second H8145 [fn]Ephraim, H669 “For,” he said, “God H430 has made H6509 me fruitful H6509 in the land H776 of my affliction.” H6040
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20 - Now to Joseph H3130 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 were born H3205 Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim, H669 whom H834 Asenath, H621 the daughter H1323 of Potiphera, H6319 priest H3548 of On, H204 bore H3205 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 - Now it came H1961 about after H310 these H428 things H1697 that [fn]Joseph H3130 was told, H559 “Behold, H2009 your father H1 is sick.” H2470 So he took H3947 his two H8147 sons H1121 Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim H669 with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - “Now H6258 your two H8147 sons, H1121 who were born H3205 to you in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 before H5704 I came H935 to you in Egypt, H4714 are mine; Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519 shall be mine, as Reuben H7205 and Simeon H8095 are.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - Joseph H3130 took H3947 them both, H8147 Ephraim H669 with his right H3225 hand H3225 toward H4480 Israel’s H3478 left, H8040 and Manasseh H4519 with his left H8040 hand H8040 toward H4480 Israel’s H3478 right, H3225 and brought H5066 them close H5066 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel H3478 stretched H7971 out his right H3225 hand H3225 and laid H7896 it on the head H7218 of Ephraim, H669 who H1931 was the younger, H6810 and his left H8040 hand H8040 on Manasseh’s H4519 head, H7218 [fn]crossing H7919 his hands, H3027 [fn]although H3588 Manasseh H4519 was the firstborn. H1060
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - When Joseph H3130 saw H7200 that his father H1 laid H7896 his right H3225 hand H3027 on Ephraim’s H669 head, H7218 it displeased H7489 him; and he grasped H8551 his father’s H1 hand H3027 to remove H5493 it from Ephraim’s H669 head H7218 to Manasseh’s H4519 head. H7218
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:20 - He blessed H1288 them that day, H3117 saying, H559
“By you Israel H3478 will pronounce H1288 blessing, H1288 saying, H559
‘May God H430 make H7760 you like Ephraim H669 and Manasseh!’” H4519
Thus he put H7760 Ephraim H669 before H6440 Manasseh. H4519
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23 - Joseph H3130 saw H7200 the third H8029 generation of Ephraim’s H669 sons; H1121 also H1571 the sons H1121 of Machir, H4353 the son H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 were born H3205 on Joseph’s H3130 knees. H1290
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:10 - of the sons H1121 of Joseph: H3130 of Ephraim, H669 Elishama H476 the son H1121 of Ammihud; H5989 of Manasseh, H4519 Gamaliel H1583 the son H1121 of Pedahzur; H6301
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32 - Of the sons H1121 of Joseph, H3130 namely, of the sons H1121 of Ephraim, H669 their genealogical H8435 registration H8435 by their families, H4940 by their fathers’ H1 households, H1004 according to the number H4557 of names, H8034 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 whoever H3605 was able to go H3318 out to war, H6635
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - their numbered H6485 men of the tribe H4294 of Ephraim H669 were 40,500. H705 H505 H2568 H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 - “On the west H3220 side H3220 shall be the standard H1714 of the camp H4264 of Ephraim H669 by their armies, H6635 and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 shall be Elishama H476 the son H1121 of Ammihud, H5989
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - “The total H3605 of the numbered H6485 men of the camp H4264 of Ephraim: H669 108,100, H3967 H505 H8083 H505 H3967 by their armies. H6635 And they shall set H5265 out third. H7992
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:48 - On the seventh H7637 day H3117 it was Elishama H476 the son H1121 of Ammihud, H5989 leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim; H669
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:22 - Next the standard H1714 of the camp H4264 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim, H669 according to their armies, H6635 was set H5265 out, with Elishama H476 the son H1121 of Ammihud H5989 over H5921 its army, H6635
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:8 - from the tribe H4294 of Ephraim, H669 Hoshea H1954 the son H1121 of Nun; H5126
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:28 - The sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 according to their families: H4940 Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim. H669
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:35 - These H428 are the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to their families: H4940 of Shuthelah, H7803 the family H4940 of the Shuthelahites; H8364 of [fn]Becher, H1071 the family H4940 of the Becherites; H1076 of Tahan, H8465 the family H4940 of the Tahanites. H8470
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37 - These H428 are the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to those who were numbered H6485 of them, 32,500. H8147 H7970 H505 H2568 H3967 These H428 are the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:24 - “Of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 a leader, H5387 Kemuel H7055 the son H1121 of Shiphtan. H8204
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 - “As the firstborn H1060 of his ox, H7794 majesty H1926 is his,
And his horns H7161 are the horns H7161 of the wild H7214 ox; H7214
With them he will push H5055 the peoples, H5971
All H3162 [fn]at once, H3162 to the ends H657 of the earth. H776
And those H1992 are the ten H7233 thousands H7233 of Ephraim, H669
And those H1992 are the thousands H505 of Manasseh.” H4519
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:2 - and all H3605 Naphtali H5321 and the land H776 of Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, H4519 and all H3605 the land H776 of Judah H3063 as far H5704 as the [fn]western H314 sea, H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 were two H8147 tribes, H4294 Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim, H669 and they did not give H5414 a portion H2506 to the Levites H3881 in the land, H776 except H3588 H518 cities H5892 to live H3427 in, with their pasture H4054 lands H4054 for their livestock H4735 and for their property. H7075
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:4 - The sons H1121 of Joseph, H3130 Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim, H669 received H5157 their inheritance. H5157
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - Now this was the territory H1366 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to their families: H4940 the border H1366 of their inheritance H5159 eastward H4217 was Ataroth-addar, H5853 as far H5704 as upper H5945 Beth-horon. H1032
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah H8599 the border H1366 continued H1980 westward H3220 to the [fn]brook H5158 of Kanah, H7071 and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at the sea. H3220 This H2088 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to their families, H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9 - together with the cities H5892 which were set H3995 apart H3995 for the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 in the midst H8432 of the inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 all H3605 the cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - But they did not [fn]drive H3423 out the Canaanites H3669 who lived H3427 in Gezer, H1507 so the Canaanites H3669 live H3427 in the midst H7130 of Ephraim H669 to this H2088 day, H3117 and they became H1961 forced H4522 laborers. H5647 H4522
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:8 - The land H776 of Tappuah H8599 belonged H1961 to Manasseh, H4519 but Tappuah H8599 on the border H1366 of Manasseh H4519 belonged to the sons H1121 of Ephraim. H669
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - The border H1366 went H3381 down H3381 to the [fn]brook H5158 of Kanah, H7071 southward H5045 of the [fn]brook H5158 (these H428 cities H5892 belonged to Ephraim H669 among H8432 the cities H5892 of Manasseh), H4519 and the border H1366 of Manasseh H4519 was on the north H6828 side H6828 of the [fn]brook H5158 and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at the sea. H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - The south H5045 side H5045 belonged to Ephraim H669 and the north H6828 side H6828 to Manasseh, H4519 and the sea H3220 was [fn]their border; H1366 and they reached H6293 to Asher H836 on the north H6828 and to Issachar H3485 on the east. H4217
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - Joshua H3091 said H559 to them, “If H518 you are a numerous H7227 people, H5971 go H5927 [fn]up to the forest H3293 and [fn]clear H1254 a place for yourself there H8033 in the land H776 of the Perizzites H6522 and of the Rephaim, H7497 since H3588 the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669 is too narrow H213 for you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:17 - Joshua H3091 spoke H559 to the house H1004 of Joseph, H3130 to Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, H4519 saying, H559 “You are a numerous H7227 people H5971 and have great H1419 power; H3581 you shall not have H1961 one H259 lot H1486 only,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - In accordance H5921 with the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 they gave H5414 him the city H5892 for which H834 he asked, H7592 Timnath-serah H8556 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim. H669 So he built H1129 the city H5892 and [fn]settled H3427 in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - So they [fn]set H6942 apart H6942 Kedesh H6943 in [fn]Galilee H1551 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Naphtali H5321 and Shechem H7927 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 and Kiriath-arba H7153 (that is, Hebron) H2275 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - The rest H3498 of the sons H1121 of Kohath H6955 [fn]received ten H6235 cities H5892 by lot H1486 from the families H4940 of the tribe H4294 of Ephraim H669 and from the tribe H4294 of Dan H1835 and from the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of Manasseh. H4519
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - Then the cities H5892 from the tribe H4294 of Ephraim H669 were allotted H1486 to the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Kohath, H6955 the Levites, H3881 even to the rest H3498 of the sons H1121 of Kohath. H6955
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - They gave H5414 them Shechem, H7927 the city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the manslayer, H7523 with its pasture H4054 lands, H4054 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 and Gezer H1507 with its pasture H4054 lands, H4054
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - And they buried H6912 him in the territory H1366 of his inheritance H5159 in Timnath-serah, H8556 which H834 is in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 on the north H6828 of Mount H2022 Gaash. H1608
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33 - And Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 died; H4191 and they buried H6912 him [fn]at Gibeah H1390 of Phinehas H6372 his son, H1121 which H834 was given H5414 him in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim. H669
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:29 - Ephraim H669 did not drive H3423 out the Canaanites H3669 who were living H3427 in Gezer; H1507 so the Canaanites H3669 lived H3427 in Gezer H1507 among H7130 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:9 - And they buried H6912 him in the territory H1366 of his inheritance H5159 in Timnath-heres, H8556 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 north H6828 of Mount H2022 Gaash. H1608
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:27 - It came H1961 about when he had arrived, H935 that he blew H8628 the trumpet H7782 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim; H669 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 went H3381 down H3381 with him from the hill H2022 country, H2022 and he was in front H6440 of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - She used to [fn]sit H3427 under H8478 the palm H8560 tree H8560 of Deborah H1683 between H996 Ramah H7414 and Bethel H1008 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim; H669 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H5927 up to her for judgment. H4941
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - “From Ephraim H669 those whose root H8328 is in Amalek H6002 came down,
Following H310 you, Benjamin, H1144 with your peoples; H5971
From Machir H4353 commanders H2710 came H3381 down, H3381
And from Zebulun H2074 those who wield H4900 the staff H7626 of [fn]office. H5608
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Gideon H1439 sent H7971 messengers H4397 throughout H3605 all H3605 the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 saying, H559 “Come H3381 down H3381 [fn]against H7122 Midian H4080 and take H3920 the waters H4325 before them, as far H5704 as Beth-barah H1012 and the Jordan.” H3383 So all H3605 the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817 and they took H3920 the waters H4325 as far H5704 as Beth-barah H1012 and the Jordan. H3383
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - Then the men H376 of Ephraim H669 said H559 to him, “What H4100 is this H2088 thing H1697 you have done H6213 to us, not calling H7121 us when H3588 you went H1980 to fight H3898 against Midian?” H4080 And they contended H7378 with him vigorously. H2394
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2 - But he said H559 to them, “What H4100 have I done H6213 now H6258 in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning H5955 of the grapes of Ephraim H669 better H2896 than H4480 the vintage H1210 of Abiezer? H44
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:1 - Now after H310 Abimelech H40 died, Tola H8439 the son H1121 of Puah, H6312 the son H1121 of Dodo, H1734 a man H376 of Issachar, H3485 arose H6965 to save H3467 Israel; H3478 and he lived H3427 in Shamir H8069 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim. H669

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