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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 - Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - ‘But if he is not able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he who sinned shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, nor shall he put 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 Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to the LORD, beginning on the day when he is anointed: one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a daily grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - ‘You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - ‘then the man shall bring his wife to the priest. He shall bring the offering required for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, an offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5 - ‘and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 - “You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - “You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which 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 in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree 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, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls,[fn] one ephah of flour, and a skin 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 - Then Jesse said to his son David, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They 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 of vineyard shall yield one bath,
And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - “You shall have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

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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, so that the bath contains one-tenth of a homer, and the ephah one-tenth of a homer; their measure shall be according to the homer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - “This is the offering which you shall offer: you shall give one-sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat, and one-sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:24 - “And he shall prepare a grain offering of one ephah for each bull and one ephah for each ram, together with a hin of oil for each ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:5 - “and the grain offering shall be one ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, as much as he wants to give, as well as a hin of oil with every ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:7 - “He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:11 - “At the festivals and the appointed feast days the grain offering shall be an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - “And you shall prepare a grain offering with it every morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This grain offering is a perpetual ordinance, to be made regularly to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - Saying:

“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
That we may trade wheat?
Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by deceit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:10 - Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - So I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “It is a basket[fn] that is going forth.” He also said, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - “Here is a lead disc lifted up, and this is a woman sitting inside the basket”;

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover[fn] over its mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for 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 - So I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”
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