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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

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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 - Joseph named his second son Ephraim,[fn] for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20 - Joseph’s sons, born in the land of Egypt, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Their mother was Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 - One day not long after this, word came to Joseph, “Your father is failing rapidly.” So Joseph went to visit his father, and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - “Now I am claiming as my own sons these two boys of yours, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born here in the land of Egypt before I arrived. They will be my sons, just as Reuben and Simeon are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - Then he positioned the boys in front of Jacob. With his right hand he directed Ephraim toward Jacob’s left hand, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Jacob’s right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Jacob crossed his arms as he reached out to lay his hands on the boys’ heads. He put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, though he was the younger boy, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, though he was the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - But Joseph was upset when he saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head. So Joseph lifted it 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 - So Jacob blessed the boys that day with this blessing: “The people of Israel will use your names when they give a blessing. They will say, ‘May God make you as prosperous as Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In this way, Jacob put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23 - He lived to see three generations of descendants of his son Ephraim, and he lived to see the birth of the children of Manasseh’s son Makir, whom he claimed as his own.[fn]

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Ephraim son of JosephElishama son of Ammihud
Manasseh son of JosephGamaliel son of Pedahzur

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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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