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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 one-tenth of an ephah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - “ ‘If, however, they cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, they are to bring as an offering for their sin a tenth of an ephah[fn] of the finest flour for a sin offering. They must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - “This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the LORD on the day he[fn] is anointed: a tenth of an ephah[fn] of the finest 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 - Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah[fn] and an honest hin.[fn] I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[fn] of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5 - together with a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah[fn] of the finest flour mixed with a quarter of a hin[fn] of oil from pressed olives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 - Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 - Gideon went inside, prepared a young goat, and from an ephah[fn] of flour he made bread without yeast. Putting the meat in a basket and its broth in a pot, he brought them out and offered them to him under the oak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:17 - So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 - Now Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah[fn] of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - Differing weights and differing measures— the LORD detests them both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 - A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[fn] of wine; a homer[fn] of seed will yield only an ephah[fn] of grain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah[fn] and an accurate bath.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11 - The ephah and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to be the standard measure for both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - “ ‘This is the special gift you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah[fn] from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah[fn] from each homer of barley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:24 - He is to provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin[fn] of olive oil for each ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5 - The grain offering given with the ram is to be an ephah,[fn] and the grain offering with the lambs is to be as much as he pleases, along with a hin[fn] of olive oil for each ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - He is to provide as a grain offering one ephah with the bull, one ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wants to give, along with a hin of oil for 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 is to be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as he pleases, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - You are also to provide with it morning by morning a grain offering, consisting of a sixth of an ephah[fn] with a third of a hin[fn] of oil to moisten the flour. The presenting of this grain offering to the LORD is a lasting ordinance.

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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 be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:10 - Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah,[fn] which is accursed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - I asked, “What is it?” He replied, “It is a basket.” And he added, “This is the iniquity[fn] of the people throughout the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.
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