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Lexicon :: Strong's H669 - 'ep̄rayim

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אֶפְרַיִם
Transliteration
'ep̄rayim
Pronunciation
ef-rah'-yim
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim; dual of masculine form of H672; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:—Ephraim, Ephraimites.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 180x

The KJV translates Strong's H669 in the following manner: Ephraim (176x), Ephraimite (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 180x
The KJV translates Strong's H669 in the following manner: Ephraim (176x), Ephraimite (4x).

  1. Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"

    1. second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh

    2. the tribe, Ephraim

    3. the mountain country of Ephraim

    4. sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)

    5. a city near Baal-hazor

    6. a chief gate of Jerusalem

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶפְרַיִם ʼEphrayim, ef-rah'-yim; dual of masculine form of H672; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory:—Ephraim, Ephraimites.
STRONGS H669: Abbreviations
אֶפְרַ֫יִם proper name, masculine Ephraim (Genesis 41:52 connected with הִפְרָה, Hiph. of פרה, compare פרא Hiph. Hosea 13:15).
1. 2nd son of Joseph Genesis 41:52; Genesis 46:20; reckoned among sons of Jacob, blessed by him, and given preference over Manasseh Genesis 48:1, 5, 13, 14, 17 (twice in verse) (compare Genesis 48:19) Genesis 48:20; Genesis 48:20; Genesis 50:23; Numbers 1:10; 1 Chronicles 7:20, 22.
2. בְּנֵי אֶפְרַיִם (= descendants, tribe of east) Numbers 1:32; Numbers 2:18 (twice in verse); Numbers 2:24; Numbers 7:48; Numbers 10:22; Numbers 26:35, 37; Joshua 16:5, 9 (boundaries of territory), Joshua 17:8; 1 Chronicles 9:3; 1 Chronicles 12:31; 1 Chronicles 27:10, 14, 20; 2 Chronicles 28:12; less often מַטֵּה א׳ Numbers 1:33; Numbers 13:8; Joshua 21:5; 1 Chronicles 6:51; מַטֵּה בְנֵי־א׳ Numbers 34:24; Joshua 16:8; compare Joshua 14:4; שֵׁבֶט א׳ Psalm 78:67 (|| אֹהֶל יוֺסֵף); בֵּית א׳ Judges 10:9; also א׳ alone, tribe Ephraim Numbers 26:28; Deuteronomy 33:17; Joshua 16:10 + often; וּמְנַשֶּׁה אֶרֶין א׳ Joshua 17:17 compare Judges 12:15; 2 Chronicles 30:10 especially
3. הַר־אֶפְרַיִם the mountain-country of Ephraim, a ridge stretching from north to south through territory assigned to Ephraim, with fruitful land on both slopes, especially the western (compare Di Joshua 16:1) Joshua 17:15; Joshua 19:50; Joshua 20:7; Judges 2:9; Judges 3:27; Judges 4:5 + 26 times
4. by Hosea & Isaiah (rarely later) אֶפְרַיִם = kingdom of northern Israel (from Ephraim as largest & strongest tribe in it) Hosea 4:17; Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 (|| יִשְׂרָאֵל) Hosea 5:11; Hosea 5:12 + 30 times Hosea; Isaiah 7:2, 5, 8, 9, 17 + 9 times Isaiah; also Jeremiah 7:15; Jeremiah 31:9, 18, 20; Ezekiel 37:16 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 37:19; Psalm 78:9; 2 Chronicles 25:7, 10; compare 2 Chronicles 30:1; Psalm 60:9 = Psalm 108:9; עָרֵי א׳ 2 Chronicles 17:2; compare 2 Chronicles 34:6; שְׂדֵה א׳ Obadiah 19; hence א׳ alone in local sense 2 Chronicles 31:1; also Hosea 5:9, where feminine (& perhaps Isaiah 7:2).
5. יִעַר אֶפְרַיִם 2 Samuel 18:6, east of Jordan; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Klo read יער מַחֲנַיִם compare 2 Samuel 17:24, 27.
6. name of a city near Baal-hazor 2 Samuel 13:23 (= Ἐφραϊμ John 11:54 & 1 Macc 11:34? Klo compare LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Γοφραιμ & עפרון, Qr עֶפְרַיִן 2 Chronicles 13:9; so previously Bö Th Ke compare Dr).
7. שַׁעַר אֶפְרַיִם a chief gate of Jerusalem 2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 25:23; Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 12:39; perhaps at northwest angle, near Holy Sepulchre, compare Schick-GutheZPV 1885.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:52; 41:52; 46:20; 48:1; 48:5; 48:13; 48:14; 48:17; 48:19; 48:20; 48:20; 50:23

Numbers

1:10; 1:32; 1:33; 2:18; 2:24; 7:48; 10:22; 13:8; 26:28; 26:35; 26:37; 34:24

Deuteronomy

33:17

Joshua

14:4; 16:1; 16:5; 16:8; 16:9; 16:10; 17:8; 17:15; 17:17; 19:50; 20:7; 21:5

Judges

2:9; 3:27; 4:5; 10:9; 12:15

2 Samuel

13:23; 17:24; 17:27; 18:6

2 Kings

14:13

1 Chronicles

6:51; 7:20; 7:22; 9:3; 12:31; 27:10; 27:14; 27:20

2 Chronicles

13:9; 17:2; 25:7; 25:10; 25:23; 28:12; 30:1; 30:10; 31:1; 34:6

Nehemiah

8:16; 12:39

Psalms

60:9; 78:9; 78:67; 108:9

Isaiah

7:2; 7:2; 7:5; 7:8; 7:9; 7:17

Jeremiah

7:15; 31:9; 31:18; 31:20

Ezekiel

37:16; 37:19

Hosea

4:17; 5:3; 5:5; 5:9; 5:11; 5:12; 13:15

Obadiah

1:19

John

11:1; 11:54

H669

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Strong's Number H669 matches the Hebrew אֶפְרַיִם ('ep̄rayim),
which occurs 180 times in 164 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Neh 12:39–Hos 10:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - And from above the gate of Ephraim, H669 and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim H669 also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 - The children of Ephraim, H669 being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 - Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: H669

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:2 - Before Ephraim H669 and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim H669 also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. H669 And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:5 - Because Syria, Ephraim, H669 and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:8 - For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim H669 be broken, that it be not a people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:9 - And the head of Ephraim H669 is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:17 - The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim H669 departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:9 - And all the people shall know, even Ephraim H669 and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:21 - Manasseh, Ephraim; H669 and Ephraim, H669 Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - The envy also of Ephraim H669 shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim H669 shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, H669 and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, H669 whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:3 - The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, H669 shall be trodden under feet:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:15 - For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:15 - And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:6 - For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim H669 shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 - They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim H669 is my firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18 - I have surely heard Ephraim H669 bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 - Is Ephraim H669 my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim H669 and Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:16 - Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, H669 and for all the house of Israel his companions:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:19 - Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, H669 and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:5 - And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:6 - And by the border of Ephraim, H669 from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:17 - Ephraim H669 is joined to idols: let him alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3 - I know Ephraim, H669 and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, H669 thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 - And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim H669 fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - Ephraim H669 shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11 - Ephraim H669 is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:12 - Therefore will I be unto Ephraim H669 as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:13 - When Ephraim H669 saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim H669 to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:14 - For I will be unto Ephraim H669 as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:4 - O Ephraim, H669 what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:10 - I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, H669 Israel is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 - When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim H669 was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:8 - Ephraim, H669 he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim H669 is a cake not turned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 - Ephraim H669 also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:9 - For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim H669 hath hired lovers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:11 - Because Ephraim H669 hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:3 - They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim H669 shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - The watchman of Ephraim H669 was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:11 - As for Ephraim, H669 their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - Ephraim, H669 as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim H669 shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim H669 is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim H669 shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:11 - And Ephraim H669 is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim H669 to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

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