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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 2 / 4 (Jdg 10:9–Neh 8:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - Then the sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim H669, so that Israel was greatly distressed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 -

Then the men of Ephraim H669 were summoned, and they crossed [fn]to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon, but did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4 - Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought Ephraim H669; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim H669 down because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim H669, O Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim H669 and in the midst of Manasseh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:5 - And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim H669. And it happened when any of the fugitives of Ephraim H669 said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - then they would say to him, “Say now, ‘Shibboleth.’” But he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not [fn]pronounce it correctly. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. Thus there fell at that time 42,000 of Ephraim H669.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:15 - Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim H669, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:1 -

Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim H669 whose name was Micah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - Then the man went from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to sojourn wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim H669 to the house of Micah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2 - So the sons of Dan sent from their family five men out of their whole number, [fn]men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, “Go, search the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim H669, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:13 - Then they passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim H669 and came to the house of Micah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 -

Now it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim H669, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:16 -

But behold, an old man was coming from his work, from the field, at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim H669, and he was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjamites.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - And he said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim H669. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. But I am now going to [fn]the house of Yahweh, and no man is taking me into his house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:1 -

Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim H669, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:4 - Thus he passed through the hill country of Ephraim H669 and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - Now all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim H669 heard that the Philistines had fled, and they pursued them closely in the battle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:9 - And he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim H669, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:23 -

Now it happened after two full years that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim H669, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:6 -

Then the people went out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim H669.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - “Such is not the case. But a man from the hill country of Ephraim H669, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against King David. Give him over alone, and I will go from the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:8 - These are their names:

Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim H669;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:25 -

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim H669, and lived [fn]there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - And he said, “All is at peace. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim H669. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Then Jehoash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim H669 to the Corner Gate, [fn]400 cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:66 -

Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim H669.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - And they gave to them the following cities of refuge:

Shechem, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim H669, and Gezer with its pasture lands,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:20 -

The sons of Ephraim H669 were Shuthelah and [fn]Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - And their father Ephraim H669 mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:3 - And some of the sons of Judah, of the sons of Benjamin and of the sons of Ephraim H669 and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:30 -

Of the sons of Ephraim H669 20,800, mighty men of valor, men [fn]who had a name in their fathers’ households.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:10 -

The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite of the sons of Ephraim H669; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:14 -

The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite of the sons of Ephraim H669; and in his division were 24,000.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:20 -

for the sons of Ephraim H669, Hoshea the son of Azaziah;

for the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:4 -

Then Abijah rose up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim H669, and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel:

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 -

Now when Asa heard these words and the [fn]prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he strengthened himself and took away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim H669. He then renewed the altar of Yahweh which was in front of the porch of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:9 - And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those from Ephraim H669, Manasseh and Simeon who sojourned with them, for many defected to him from Israel when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - And he put military forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim H669 which Asa his father had captured.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:4 -

So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. Indeed, he returned and went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim H669 and caused them to return back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:7 - But a man of God came to him saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel nor with any of the sons of Ephraim H669.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:10 - Then Amaziah [fn]dismissed them, the troops which came to him from Ephraim H669, to go [fn]home; so their anger burned against Judah and they returned [fn]home in burning anger.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Then Joash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim H669 to the Corner Gate, [fn]400 cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:7 - And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim H669, killed Maaseiah the king’s son and Azrikam the ruler of the house and Elkanah the second to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:12 - Then some of the heads of the sons of Ephraim H669—Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—arose against those who were coming from the engagement of the army,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:1 -

And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem to [fn]celebrate the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10 -

So the [fn]couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they were laughing at them to scorn and mocking them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:18 - For a multitude of the people, even many from Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than what was written. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May Yahweh, who is good, atone
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 -

Now when all this was completed, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, shattered the pillars, cut the [fn]Asherim in pieces, and tore down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, until the destruction was completed. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:6 - And in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim H669, Simeon, even as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding [fn]ruins,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:9 - And they came to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the [fn]doorkeepers, had gathered from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim H669, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:16 - So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim H669.

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