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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 18 times in 18 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, H669 and they did not give a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their livestock and for their property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:4 - The sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, H669 received their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim H669 according to their families: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah the border continued westward to the [fn]brook of Kanah, and [fn]it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim H669 according to their families,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9 - together with the cities which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim H669 in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - But they did not [fn]drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim H669 to this day, and they became forced laborers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:8 - The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - The border went down to the [fn]brook of Kanah, southward of the [fn]brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim H669 among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the [fn]brook and [fn]it ended at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - The south side belonged to Ephraim H669 and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was [fn]their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go [fn]up to the forest and [fn]clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim H669 is too narrow for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:17 - Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - In accordance with the [fn]command of the LORD they gave him the city for which he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. H669 So he built the city and [fn]settled in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - So they [fn]set apart Kedesh in [fn]Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, H669 and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - The rest of the sons of Kohath [fn]received ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim H669 and from the tribe of Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim H669 were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even to the rest of the sons of Kohath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, H669 and Gezer with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, H669 on the north of Mount Gaash.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him [fn]at Gibeah of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim. H669
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