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Lexicon :: Strong's H374 - 'êp̄â

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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Exo 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:36 - (Now an [fn]omer is a tenth of an [fn]ephah H374.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 -

‘But if his [fn]means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an [fn]ephah H374 of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not place oil on it or put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - “This is the offering which Aaron and his sons shall bring near to Yahweh on the day when he is anointed; the [fn]tenth of an ephah H374 of fine flour as a [fn]regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - ‘You shall have [fn]just balances, [fn]just weights, a [fn]just [fn]ephah H374, and a [fn]just [fn]hin; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - the man shall then bring his wife to the priest and shall bring as [fn]an offering for her one-tenth of an [fn]ephah H374 of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, a reminder of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5 - also a tenth of an [fn]ephah H374 of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a [fn]hin of beaten oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - “You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just [fn]measure H374, that your days may be prolonged in the [fn]land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 -

So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an [fn]ephah H374 of flour; he put the meat in a basket [fn]and the broth in a pot and brought them out to him under the [fn]oak and presented them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:17 -

So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an [fn]ephah H374 of barley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one [fn]ephah H374 of flour and a jug of wine and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh, although the boy was young.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 -

Then Jesse said to David his son, “Take now for your brothers an ephah H374 of this roasted grain and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 -

[fn]Differing weights and differing H374 measures H374,

Both of them are an abomination to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 -

“For ten [fn]acres of vineyard will yield only one [fn]bath of wine,

And a [fn]homer of seed will yield but an [fn]ephah H374 of grain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 -

“You shall have just balances, a just [fn]ephah H374, and a just [fn]bath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11 - “The ephah H374 and the bath shall be [fn]the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a [fn]homer and the ephah H374 a tenth of a homer; [fn]their standard shall be according to the homer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 -

“This is the contribution that you shall offer: a sixth of an ephah H374 from a homer of wheat, a sixth of an ephah H374 from a homer of barley,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5 - and the grain offering shall be an ephah H374 [fn]with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be a gift from his hand, as well as a [fn]hin of oil with an ephah H374.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:11 -

“Now at the feasts and the appointed times the grain offering shall be an [fn]ephah H374 with a bull and an ephah H374 with a ram, and with the lambs shall be a gift from his hand, as well as a hin of oil with an ephah H374.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - “Also you shall provide a grain offering with it morning by morning—a sixth of an ephah H374 as well as a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to Yahweh continually by a perpetual statute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying,

“When will the new moon pass over,

So that we may sell grain,

And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,

To make the [fn]bushel H374 smaller and the [fn]shekel bigger,

And to cheat with a deceptive balance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:10 -

“Is there yet a man in the wicked house,

Along with treasures of wickedness,

And a [fn]short measure H374 which is cursed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - So I said, “What is it?” And he said, “This is the [fn]ephah H374 going forth.” Again he said, “This is their [fn]appearance in all the [fn]land

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - (and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah H374.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - Then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah H374 and threw the lead weight on its [fn]opening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah H374 between the earth and the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the ephah H374?”
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