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Lexicon :: Strong's G2187 - ephraim

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Ἐφραίμ
Transliteration
ephraim (Key)
Pronunciation
ef-rah-im'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
188x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

†Ἐφραίμ Ephraím, ef-rah-im'; of Hebrew origin (H669 or better H6085); Ephraim, a place in Palestine:—Ephraim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2187 in the following manner: Ephraim (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2187 in the following manner: Ephraim (1x).

  1. Ephraim = "double fruitfulness"

    1. a city about a short day's journey from Jerusalem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†Ἐφραίμ Ephraím, ef-rah-im'; of Hebrew origin (H669 or better H6085); Ephraim, a place in Palestine:—Ephraim.
STRONGS G2187:
Ἐφραίμ or (so R Tr) Ἐφραΐμ [cf. Ι, ι, at the end], (א L H Ἐφρέμ, Vulg. Ephrem, Efrem), Ephraim, proper name of a city situated, according to Eusebius, eight [but edition Larsow and Parthey, p. 196, 18, twenty], according to Jerome twenty miles from Jerusalem; according to Josephus, b. j. 4, 9, 9 not far from Bethel; conjectured by Robinson (Palest. i. 444f [cf. Bib. Sacr. for May 1845, p. 398f]), Ewald, and others, dissenting, to be the same as the village now called et-Taiyibeh, a short day's journey N. E. of Jerusalem: John 11:54. Cf. Winers RWB under the word; Keim, iii., p. 7f [English translation, v. 9; especially Schürer, Gesch. i. 183].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
11:54

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2187 matches the Greek Ἐφραίμ (ephraim),
which occurs 188 times in 168 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 41:52–Jdg 10:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:52 - The second son he named Ephraim[fn] and said, “It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20 - In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 - Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - “Now then, your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here will be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - And Joseph took both of them, Ephraim on his right toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh on his left toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them close to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:20 - He blessed them that day and said, “In your[fn] name will Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’ ” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23 - and saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:10 - from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32 - From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:18 - On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:24 - All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:48 - On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the people of Ephraim, brought his offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:22 - The divisions of the camp of Ephraim went next, under their standard. Elishama son of Ammihud was in command.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:8 - from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:28 - The descendants of Joseph by their clans through Manasseh and Ephraim were:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:35 - These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: through Shuthelah, the Shuthelahite clan; through Beker, the Bekerite clan; through Tahan, the Tahanite clan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37 - These were the clans of Ephraim; those numbered were 32,500.These were the descendants of Joseph by their clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:24 - Kemuel son of Shiphtan, the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 - In majesty he is like a firstborn bull; his horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even those at the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim; such are the thousands of Manasseh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:2 - all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - for Joseph’s descendants had become two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:4 - So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - This was the territory of Ephraim, according to its clans: The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9 - It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:8 - (Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine. There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - On the south the land belonged to Ephraim, on the north to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the Mediterranean Sea and bordered Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - “If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16 - The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for—Timnath Serah[fn] in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah[fn] in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33 - And Eleazar son of Aaron died and was buried at Gibeah, which had been allotted to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:29 - Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the Canaanites continued to live there among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:9 - And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres[fn] in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:27 - When he arrived there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with him leading them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s[fn] staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?” And they challenged him vigorously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2 - But he answered them, “What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t the gleanings of Ephraim’s grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:1 - After the time of Abimelek, a man of Issachar named Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim; Israel was in great distress.

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2. LOAD PAGE 2 Jdg 12:1–2Ch 34:9

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Neh 8:16–Hos 10:6

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Hos 10:11–Zec 10:7

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