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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 - (An omer is the tenth part of an ephah.)[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - “But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a tenth of an ephah[fn] of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it and shall put no 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 that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the LORD on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah[fn] of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin:[fn] 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 the man shall bring his wife to the priest and bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah[fn] of barley flour. He shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5 - also a tenth of an ephah[fn] of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a quarter of a hin[fn] 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 two kinds of measures, a large and a small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - A full and fair[fn] weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 - So Gideon went into his house and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes from an ephah[fn] of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the terebinth and presented them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:17

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 ephah[fn] of barley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull,[fn] an ephah[fn] of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. And the child was young.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 - And Jesse said to David his son, “Take for your brothers an ephah[fn] of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - Unequal[fn] weights and unequal measures
are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 - For ten acres[fn] of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - “You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11 - The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, the bath containing one tenth of a homer,[fn] and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - “This is the offering that you shall make: one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each 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 for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a hin[fn] of oil to each ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5 - And the grain offering with the ram shall be an ephah,[fn] and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, together with a hin[fn] of oil to each ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - As a grain offering he shall provide an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he is able, together with a hin of oil to each ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:11 - “At the feasts and the appointed festivals, the grain offering with a young bull shall be an ephah, and with a ram an ephah, and with the lambs as much as one is able to give, together with a hin of oil to an ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - And you shall provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, one sixth of an ephah, and one third of a hin of oil to moisten the flour, as a grain offering to the LORD. This is a perpetual statute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying, “When will the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make the ephah small and the shekel[fn] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:10 - Can I forget any longer the treasures[fn] of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the basket[fn] that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity[fn] in all the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”
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