◄ 669. Ephrayim ►
Brown-Driver-Briggs אֶפְרַ֫יִם proper name, masculine Ephraim (Genesis 41:52 connected with הִפְרָה, Hiph`il of פרה, compare פרא Hiph`il 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; 2Chronicles 28:12; less often ׳מַטֵּה א Numbers 1:33; Numbers 13:8; Joshua 21:5; 1 Chronicles 6:51; ׳מַטֵּה בְנֵיאֿ 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; 2Chronicles 30:10 especially 3 הַראֶֿפְרַיִם 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 26t. 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 30t. Hosea; Isaiah 7:2,5,8,9,17 9t. Isaiah; also Jeremiah 7:15; Jeremiah 31:9,18,20; Ezekiel 37:16 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 37:19; Psalm 78:9; 2Chronicles 25:7,10; compare 2 Chronicles 30:1; Psalm 60:9 = Psalm 108:9; ׳עָרֵי א2Chronicles 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; ᵐ5L 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 ᵐ5L Γοφραιμ & עפרון, Qr עֶפְרַיִן2Chronicles 13:9; so previously Bö Th Ke compare Dr). 7 שַׁעַר אֶפְרַיִם a chief gate of Jerusalem 2 Kings 14:13; 2Chronicles 25:23; Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 12:39; perhaps at northwest angle, near Holy Sepulchre, compare Schick-GutheZPV 1885. אֶפְרָת see אפרתה. below Forms and Transliterations אֶ֝פְרַ֗יִם אֶ֠פְרַיִם אֶפְרַ֔יִם אֶפְרַ֕יִם אֶפְרַ֖יִם אֶפְרַ֗יִם אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ אֶפְרַ֛יִם אֶפְרַ֜יִם אֶפְרַ֣יִם אֶפְרַ֤יִם אֶפְרַ֥יִם אֶפְרַ֨יִם ׀ אֶפְרַיִם֒ אֶפְרַיִם֮ אֶפְרָ֑יִם אֶפְרָ֔יִם אֶפְרָ֖יִם אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ אפרים אפרים׃ וְ֭אֶפְרַיִם וְאֶפְרַ֕יִם וְאֶפְרַ֖יִם וְאֶפְרַ֗יִם וְאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ וְאֶפְרַ֛יִם וְאֶפְרַ֜יִם וְאֶפְרָ֑יִם וְאֶפְרָֽיִם׃ וּבְאֶפְרַ֥יִם ואפרים ואפרים׃ ובאפרים כְּאֶפְרַ֖יִם כאפרים לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם לְאֶפְרַ֕יִם לְאֶפְרַ֗יִם לְאֶפְרַ֥יִם לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם לאפרים מֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִם מֵֽאֶפְרַ֨יִם מֵאֶפְרַ֗יִם מֵאֶפְרַ֥יִם מאפרים ’ep̄·ra·yim ’ep̄·rā·yim ’ep̄rayim ’ep̄rāyim efRayim kə’ep̄rayim kə·’ep̄·ra·yim keefRayim lə’ep̄rayim lə’ep̄rāyim lə·’ep̄·ra·yim lə·’ep̄·rā·yim leefRayim mê’ep̄rayim mê·’ep̄·ra·yim meefRayim ū·ḇə·’ep̄·ra·yim ūḇə’ep̄rayim uveefRayim veefRayim wə’ep̄rayim wə’ep̄rāyim wə·’ep̄·ra·yim wə·’ep̄·rā·yim Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts