King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H669
Transliteration: Ephrayim
Phonetic Spelling: (ef-rah'-yim)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a son of Joseph, also his desc. and their territory
Meaning: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory
Word Summary
Ephrayim: a son of Joseph, also his desc. and their territory
Original Word: אֶפְרַיִםTransliteration: Ephrayim
Phonetic Spelling: (ef-rah'-yim)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: a son of Joseph, also his desc. and their territory
Meaning: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory
Strong's 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
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H669. Ephrayim
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; 46:20; reckoned among sons of Jacob, blessed by him, and given preference over Manasseh 48:1, 5, 13, 14, 17 (twice in verse) (compare 48:19) 48:20; 48:20; 50:23; Numbers 1:10; 1 Chronicles 7:20, 22.
2 אֶפְרַיִם בְּנֵי (= descendants, tribe of east) Numbers 1:32; 2:18 (twice in verse); 2:24; 7:48; 10:22; 26:35, 37; Joshua 16:5, 9 (boundaries of territory), 17:8; 1 Chronicles 9:3; 12:31; 27:10, 14, 20; 2 Chronicles 28:12; less often א ׳מַטֵּה Numbers 1:33; 13:8; Joshua 21:5; 1 Chronicles 6:51; בְנֵיאֿ ׳מַטֵּה Numbers 34:24; Joshua 16:8; compare 14:4; א ׳שֵׁבֶט Psalm 78:67 ("" יוֺסֵף אֹהֶל); א ׳בֵּית Judges 10:9; also ׳א alone, tribe Ephraim Numbers 26:28; Deuteronomy 33:17; Joshua 16:10 + often; א ׳אֶרֶין וּמְנַשֶּׁה 17:17 compare Judges 12:15; 2 Chronicles 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) 17:15; 19:50; 20:7; Judges 2:9; 3:27; 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; 5:3 (twice in verse); 5:5 ("" יִשְׂרָאֵל) 5:11; 5:12 30t. Hosea; Isaiah 7:2, 5, 8, 9, 17 9t. Isaiah; also Jeremiah 7:15; 31:9, 18, 20; Ezekiel 37:16 (strike out Co) 37:19; Psalm 78:9; 2 Chronicles 25:7, 10; compare 30:1; Psalm 60:9 = 108:9; א ׳עָרֵי2 Chronicles 17:2; compare 34:6; א ׳שְׂדֵה Obadiah 19; hence ׳א alone in local sense 31:1; also Hosea 5:9, where feminine (& perhaps Isaiah 7:2).
5 אֶפְרַיִם יִעַר 2 Samuel 18:6, east of Jordan; ᵐ5L Klo read מַחֲנַיִם יער compare 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 עֶפְרַיִן2 Chronicles 13:9; so previously Bö Th Ke compare Dr).
7 אֶפְרַיִם שַׁעַר a chief gate of Jerusalem 2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 25:23; Nehemiah 8:16; 12:39; perhaps at northwest angle, near Holy Sepulchre, compare Schick-GutheZPV 1885.
אֶפְרָת see אפרתה. below