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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

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:39 - and above the Gate of Ephraim, H669 by the Old Gate, by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - “Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim H669 also is the [fn]helmet of My head;
Judah is My [fn]scepter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:9 - The sons of Ephraim H669 [fn]were archers equipped with bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:67 - He also rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, H669

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:2 - Before Ephraim H669 and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power
And come to save us!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - “Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim H669 also is the [fn]helmet of My head;
Judah is My [fn]scepter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - When it was reported to the house of David, saying, “The Arameans [fn]have camped in Ephraim,” H669 his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake [fn]with the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:5 - ‘Because Aram, with Ephraim H669 and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:8 - “For the head of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim H669 will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people),

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:9 - and the head of Ephraim H669 is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you surely shall not [fn]last.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:17 - “The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house such days as have never come since the day that Ephraim H669 separated from Judah, the king of Assyria.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:9 - And all the people know it,
That is, Ephraim H669 and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:21 - Manasseh devours Ephraim, H669 and Ephraim H669 Manasseh,
And together they are against Judah.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:13 - Then the jealousy of Ephraim H669 will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim H669 will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - “The [fn]fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, H669
And [fn]sovereignty from Damascus
And the remnant of Aram;
They will be like the glory of the sons of Israel,”
Declares the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, H669
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the [fn]fertile valley
Of those who are [fn]overcome with wine!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:3 - The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim H669 is trodden under foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:15 - For a voice declares from Dan,
And proclaims wickedness from Mount Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:15 - “I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, all the [fn]offspring of Ephraim. H669

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:6 - “For there will be a day when watchmen
On the hills of Ephraim H669 call out,
‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
To the LORD our God.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 - “With weeping they will come,
And by supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk by streams of waters,
On a straight path in which they will not stumble;
For I am a father to Israel,
And Ephraim H669 is My firstborn.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:18 - “I have surely heard Ephraim H669 grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:20 - “Is Ephraim H669 My dear son?
Is he a delightful child?
Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him,
I certainly still remember him;
Therefore My [fn]heart yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - ‘And I will bring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his [fn]desire will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim H669 and Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:16 - “And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim H669 and all the house of Israel, his companions.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:19 - say to them, ‘Thus says 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 companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:5 - “Beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, H669 one portion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:6 - “Beside the border of Ephraim, H669 from the east side to the west side, Reuben, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:3 - I know Ephraim, H669 and Israel is not hidden from Me;
For now, O Ephraim, H669 you have played the harlot,
Israel has defiled itself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 - Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him,
And Israel and Ephraim H669 stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also has stumbled with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - Ephraim H669 will become a desolation in the day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is sure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:11 - Ephraim H669 is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
Because he was determined to [fn]follow man’s command.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:12 - Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim H669
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:13 - When Ephraim H669 saw his sickness,
And Judah his [fn]wound,
Then Ephraim H669 went to Assyria
And sent to [fn]King Jareb.
But he is unable to heal you,
Or to cure you of your [fn]wound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:14 - For I will be like a lion to Ephraim H669
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away,
I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:4 - What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? H669
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
For your [fn]loyalty is like a morning cloud
And like the dew which goes away early.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:10 - In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
Ephraim’s H669 harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:1 - When I would heal Israel,
The iniquity of Ephraim H669 is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they deal falsely;
The thief enters in,
Bandits raid outside,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:8 - Ephraim H669 mixes himself with the [fn]nations;
Ephraim H669 has become a cake not turned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:11 - So Ephraim H669 has become like a silly dove, without [fn]sense;
They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:9 - For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like a wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim H669 has hired [fn]lovers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:11 - Since Ephraim H669 has multiplied altars for sin,
They have become altars of sinning for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:3 - They will not remain in the LORD’S land,
But Ephraim H669 will return to Egypt,
And in Assyria they will eat unclean food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:8 - Ephraim H669 was a watchman with my God, a prophet;
Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,
And there is only hostility in the house of his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:11 - As for Ephraim, H669 their glory will fly away like a bird—
No birth, no pregnancy and no conception!

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - Ephraim, H669 as I have seen,
Is planted in a pleasant meadow like Tyre;
But Ephraim H669 will bring out his children for slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:16 - Ephraim H669 is stricken, their root is dried up,
They will bear no fruit.
Even though they bear children,
I will slay the precious ones of their womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - The thing itself will be carried to Assyria
As tribute to [fn]King Jareb;
Ephraim H669 will [fn]be seized with shame
And Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:11 - Ephraim H669 is a trained heifer that loves to thresh,
But I will come over her fair neck with a yoke;
I will harness Ephraim, H669
Judah will plow, Jacob will harrow for himself.

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1. LOAD PAGE 1 Gen 41:52–Jdg 10:1

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Jdg 10:9–Neh 8:16

3. Currently on page 3/4 (Neh 12:39–Hos 10:11) Neh 12:39–Hos 10:11

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Hos 11:3–Zec 10:7

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