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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 BoxExo 16:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:36 - Now the homer was the tenth part of three measures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - And if he cannot afford a pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then shall he bring as his gift for his sin, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering; he shall not pour oil upon it, nor shall he put frankincense upon it, because it is a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - (LXX 6:13) This is the gift of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord in the day in which thou shalt anoint him; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sacrifice continually, the half of it in the morning, and the half of it in the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - There shall be among you just balances and just weights and a just liquid measure. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - then shall the man bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring his gift for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley-meal: he shall not pour oil upon it, neither shall he put frankincense upon it; for it is a sacrifice of jealousy, a sacrifice of memorial, recalling sin to remembrance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5 - And thou shalt offer the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, with the fourth part of a hin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 - Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great [fn]and a small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - Thou shalt have a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that thou mayest live long upon the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 - And Gedeon went in, and prepared a kid of the goats, and an ephah of fine flour unleavened; and he put the flesh in the basket, and poured the broth into the pot, and brought them forth to him under the turpentine tree, and drew nigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:17 - So she gleaned in the field till evening, and beat out that she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - And she went up with him to Selom with a calf [fn]of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Selom, and the child with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - A large and small weight, and [fn]divers measures, are even both of them unclean before the Lord; and so is he that makes them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 - For where ten yoke of oxen plough the land shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - Ye shall have a just balance, and a just measure, and a just chœnix for measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11 - And in like manner there shall be one chœnix as a measure of capacity; the tenth of the gomor shall be the chœnix, and the tenth of the gomor shall be in fair proportion to the gomor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - And these are the first-fruits which ye shall offer; a sixth part of a gomor of wheat, and the sixth part of it shall consist of an ephah of a cor of barley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:24 - And thou shalt prepare a cake for the calf, and cakes for the ram, and a hin of oil for the cake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5 - and a freewill-offering, a meat-offering for the ram, and a meat-offering for the lambs, the gift of his hand, and a hin of oil for the meat-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - and a meat-offering for the ram, and there shall be a meat-offering for the calf as a freewill-offering, and for the lambs, according as his hand can furnish, and there shall be a hin of oil for the cake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:11 - And in the feasts and in the general assemblies the freewill oblation shall be a meat-offering for the calf, and a meat-offering for the ram, and for the lambs, as his hand can furnish, and a hin of oil for the meat-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - And he shall prepare a freewill-offering for it in the morning, the sixth part of a measure of flour, and a third part of a hin of oil to mix therewith the fine flour, as a freewill-offering to the Lord, a perpetual ordinance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying, When will the month pass away, and we shall sell, and the sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:10 - Is there not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked treasures, and that with the pride of unrighteousness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes forth. And he said, This is their iniquity in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold [fn]a woman sat in the midst of the measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, two women coming forth, and the wind was in their wings; and they had stork's wings: and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the sky.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - And I said to the angel that spoke with me, Whither do these carry away the measure?
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