669. Ephrayim
Strong's Lexicon
Ephrayim: Ephraim

Original Word: אֶפְרַיִם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Ephrayim
Pronunciation: ef-rah'-yim
Phonetic Spelling: (ef-rah'-yim)
Definition: Ephraim
Meaning: Ephrajim

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root פָּרָה (parah), meaning "to be fruitful."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2187: Ἐφραΐμ (Ephraim)

Usage: Ephraim is primarily used as a proper noun in the Hebrew Bible, referring to both a person and a tribe. It is the name of the second son of Joseph, born to him in Egypt, and later becomes the name of one of the tribes of Israel. The name Ephraim means "fruitful," reflecting Joseph's declaration in Genesis 41:52, "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

Cultural and Historical Background: Ephraim, as a tribe, played a significant role in the history of Israel. It was one of the most prominent tribes, often representing the northern kingdom of Israel after the division of the united monarchy. The tribe of Ephraim was known for its strength and influence, with its territory located in the central hill country of Canaan. The city of Shiloh, an important religious center, was situated within Ephraim's borders.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as apher
Definition
a son of Joseph, also his desc. and their territory
NASB Translation
Ephraim (176), Ephraim's (4).

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Ephraim, Ephraimites

Dual of masculine form of 'Ephraath; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Ephraim, Ephraimites.

see HEBREW 'Ephraath

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
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Genesis 41:52
HEB: הַשֵּׁנִ֖י קָרָ֣א אֶפְרָ֑יִם כִּֽי־ הִפְרַ֥נִי
NAS: the second Ephraim, For, [he said], God
KJV: called he Ephraim: For God
INT: the second called Ephraim for has made

Genesis 46:20
HEB: מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וְאֶת־ אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
NAS: Manasseh and Ephraim, whom
KJV: Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath
INT: of On Manasseh and Ephraim

Genesis 48:1
HEB: מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וְאֶת־ אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
NAS: sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.
KJV: sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
INT: with Manasseh and Ephraim

Genesis 48:5
HEB: לִי־ הֵ֑ם אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ וּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה כִּרְאוּבֵ֥ן
NAS: to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh
KJV: sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,
INT: Egypt are mine Ephraim and Manasseh Reuben

Genesis 48:13
HEB: שְׁנֵיהֶם֒ אֶת־ אֶפְרַ֤יִם בִּֽימִינוֹ֙ מִשְּׂמֹ֣אל
NAS: them both, Ephraim with his right
KJV: them both, Ephraim in his right hand
INT: Joseph both Ephraim his right left

Genesis 48:14
HEB: עַל־ רֹ֤אשׁ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ וְה֣וּא הַצָּעִ֔יר
NAS: it on the head of Ephraim, who
KJV: and laid [it] upon Ephraim's head,
INT: on the head of Ephraim who was the younger

Genesis 48:17
HEB: עַל־ רֹ֥אשׁ אֶפְרַ֖יִם וַיֵּ֣רַע בְּעֵינָ֑יו
NAS: hand on Ephraim's head,
KJV: upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased
INT: and head Ephraim's displeased affliction

Genesis 48:17
HEB: מֵעַ֥ל רֹאשׁ־ אֶפְרַ֖יִם עַל־ רֹ֥אשׁ
NAS: to remove it from Ephraim's head
KJV: to remove it from Ephraim's head
INT: and head Ephraim's and head

Genesis 48:20
HEB: יְשִֽׂמְךָ֣ אֱלֹהִ֔ים כְּאֶפְרַ֖יִם וְכִמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַיָּ֥שֶׂם
NAS: make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!'
KJV: make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh:
INT: make may God Ephraim Manasseh make

Genesis 48:20
HEB: וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־ אֶפְרַ֖יִם לִפְנֵ֥י מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃
NAS: Thus he put Ephraim before
KJV: and he set Ephraim before
INT: Manasseh make Ephraim before Manasseh

Genesis 50:23
HEB: וַיַּ֤רְא יוֹסֵף֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם בְּנֵ֖י שִׁלֵּשִׁ֑ים
NAS: the third generation of Ephraim's sons;
KJV: saw Ephraim's children
INT: saw Joseph of Ephraim's sons the third

Numbers 1:10
HEB: לִבְנֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף לְאֶפְרַ֕יִם אֱלִישָׁמָ֖ע בֶּן־
NAS: of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama
KJV: of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama
INT: of the sons of Joseph of Ephraim Elishama the son

Numbers 1:32
HEB: יוֹסֵף֙ לִבְנֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם
NAS: [namely], of the sons of Ephraim, their genealogical registration
KJV: [namely], of the children of Ephraim, by their generations,
INT: of Joseph the sons of Ephraim their genealogical their families

Numbers 1:33
HEB: פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה אֶפְרָ֑יִם אַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף
NAS: men of the tribe of Ephraim [were] 40,500.
KJV: of them, [even] of the tribe of Ephraim, [were] forty
INT: were numbered the tribe of Ephraim forty thousand

Numbers 2:18
HEB: דֶּ֣גֶל מַחֲנֵ֥ה אֶפְרַ֛יִם לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם יָ֑מָּה
NAS: of the camp of Ephraim by their armies,
KJV: of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies:
INT: the standard of the camp of Ephraim their armies the west

Numbers 2:18
HEB: וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם אֱלִישָׁמָ֖ע בֶּן־
NAS: of the sons of Ephraim [shall be] Elishama
KJV: of the sons of Ephraim [shall be] Elishama
INT: and the leader of the sons of Ephraim Elishama the son

Numbers 2:24
HEB: הַפְּקֻדִ֞ים לְמַחֲנֵ֣ה אֶפְרַ֗יִם מְאַ֥ת אֶ֛לֶף
NAS: men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100,
KJV: of the camp of Ephraim [were] an hundred
INT: were numbered of the camp of Ephraim an hundred thousand

Numbers 7:48
HEB: נָשִׂ֖יא לִבְנֵ֣י אֶפְרָ֑יִם אֱלִֽישָׁמָ֖ע בֶּן־
NAS: leader of the sons of Ephraim;
KJV: of the children of Ephraim, [offered]:
INT: leader the son of Ephraim Elishama of the sons

Numbers 10:22
HEB: מַחֲנֵ֥ה בְנֵֽי־ אֶפְרַ֖יִם לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וְעַל־
NAS: of the sons of Ephraim, according to their armies,
KJV: of the children of Ephraim set forward
INT: of the camp of the sons of Ephraim to their armies over

Numbers 13:8
HEB: לְמַטֵּ֥ה אֶפְרָ֖יִם הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ בִּן־
NAS: from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea
KJV: Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son
INT: the tribe of Ephraim Hoshea the son

Numbers 26:28
HEB: לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וְאֶפְרָֽיִם׃
NAS: Manasseh and Ephraim.
KJV: [were] Manasseh and Ephraim.
INT: to their families Manasseh and Ephraim

Numbers 26:35
HEB: אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי־ אֶפְרַיִם֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְשׁוּתֶ֗לַח
NAS: are the sons of Ephraim according to their families:
KJV: These [are] the sons of Ephraim after their families:
INT: These are the sons of Ephraim to their families of Shuthelah

Numbers 26:37
HEB: מִשְׁפְּחֹ֤ת בְּנֵי־ אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ לִפְקֻ֣דֵיהֶ֔ם שְׁנַ֧יִם
NAS: of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered
KJV: of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered
INT: to their families are the sons of Ephraim were numbered and two

Numbers 34:24
HEB: וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־ אֶפְרַ֖יִם נָשִׂ֑יא קְמוּאֵ֖ל
NAS: of the sons of Ephraim a leader,
KJV: of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel
INT: of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim A leader Kemuel

Deuteronomy 33:17
HEB: וְהֵם֙ רִבְב֣וֹת אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְהֵ֖ם אַלְפֵ֥י
NAS: are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And those
KJV: and they [are] the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they [are] the thousands
INT: and those are the ten of Ephraim and those are the thousands

180 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 669
180 Occurrences


’ep̄·rā·yim — 149 Occ.
kə·’ep̄·ra·yim — 1 Occ.
lə·’ep̄·ra·yim — 10 Occ.
mê·’ep̄·ra·yim — 6 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’ep̄·ra·yim — 1 Occ.
wə·’ep̄·rā·yim — 13 Occ.















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