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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).
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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 omer is the tenth part of an efah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - "'But if he can't afford two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his offering for that in which he has sinned, the tenth part of an efah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put any 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 of Aharon and of his sons, which they shall offer to the LORD in the day when he is anointed: the tenth part of an efah of fine flour for a meal offering perpetually, 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 - Just balances, just weights, a just efah, and a just hin, shall you have. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Mitzrayim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - then the man shall bring his wife to the Kohen, and shall bring her offering for her: the tenth part of an efah of barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to memory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5 - and the tenth part of an efah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with the fourth part of a 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 diverse measures, a great and a small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - A perfect and just weight shall you have; a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 - Gid`on went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an efah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:17 - So she gleaned in the field until even; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an efah of barley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one efah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 - Yishai said to David his son, Take now for your brothers an efah 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 - Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 - For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, And a homer of seed shall yield an efah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - You shall have just balances, and a just efah, and a just bath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11 - The efah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the efah the tenth part of a homer: the measure of it shall be after the homer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - This is the offering that you shall offer: the sixth part of an efah from a homer of wheat; and you shall give the sixth part of an efah from a homer of barley;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:24 - He shall prepare a meal-offering, an efah for a bull, and an efah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an efah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5 - and the meal-offering shall be an efah for the ram, and the meal-offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an efah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - and he shall prepare a meal-offering, an efah for the bull, and an efah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an efah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:11 - In the feasts and in the solemnities the meal-offering shall be an efah for a bull, and an efah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an efah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - You shall prepare a meal-offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an efah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour; a meal-offering to the LORD continually by a perpetual ordinance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Shabbat, that we may market wheat, Making the efah small, and the shekel large, And dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:10 - Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, And a short efah that is accursed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the efah basket that is appearing." He said moreover, "This is their appearance in all the land

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - (and, behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the efah basket."

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - He said, "This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of the efah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the efah basket between eretz and the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - Then said I to the angel who talked with me, "Where are these carrying the efah basket?"
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