H6085

עֶפְרוֹן

ʻEphrôwn · ef-rone'

Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine

Lexicon

Derivation: from the same as H6081 (עֵפֶר); fawn-like;

Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Ephron, Ephrain (from the margin).

Letters

עAyin70
Picture: an eye
Concrete
eye · spring of water
Extended
to see · to know · experience · to watch
פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
Concrete
mouth · lips · teeth
Extended
to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
רResh200
Picture: a human head
Concrete
head · face · person
Extended
first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
Concrete
seed · sprout · fish · offspring
Extended
life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to see and know › to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing

To see and know that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶפְרוֹן 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

14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

of ephron5 · 36%
and ephron3 · 21%
unto ephron2 · 14%
for me to ephron1 · 7%
to ephron1 · 7%
ephron1 · 7%
thereof, and ephrain1 · 7%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

עֶפְרֹ֥ן2עֶפְר֛וֹן1עֶפְר֜וֹן1עֶפְרֹ֤ן1עֶפְר֨וֹן1לְעֶפְרֹ֔ן1עֶפְרַ֖יִן1וְעֶפְר֥וֹן1עֶפְר֗וֹן1עֶפְר֑וֹן1עֶפְר֥וֹן1עֶפְרוֹן֒1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.