אֵיפֹה
ʼêyphôh · ay-fo'
what place?; also (of time) when?; or (of means) how?
Lexicon
Derivation: from H335 (אַי) and H6311 (פֹּה);
what place?; also (of time) when?; or (of means) how?
- what place?
- also, (of time) when?
- or (of means) how?
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: what manner, where.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the hand that works that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵיפֹה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- where4 · 40%
- me, i pray thee, where1 · 10%
- what1 · 10%
- and where1 · 10%
- unto him, where1 · 10%
- or where1 · 10%
- alone; these, where1 · 10%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.