אֶפְרַיִם
ʼEphrayim · ef-rah'-yim
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Lexicon
Derivation: dual of masculine form of H672 (אֶפְרָת); double fruit;
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- Ephrajim, a son of Joseph
- also, the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶפְרַיִם 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
180 occurrences · 180 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ephraim62 · 38%
- ephraim58 · 36%
- and ephraim13 · 8%
- with ephraim3 · 2%
- the ephraimites2 · 1%
- is mine; ephraim2 · 1%
- from ephraim2 · 1%
- when ephraim2 · 1%
- but ephraim2 · 1%
- he ephraim1 · 1%
- it upon ephraim's1 · 1%
- it from ephraim's1 · 1%
- thee as ephraim1 · 1%
- ephraim's1 · 1%
- it was ephraim's1 · 1%
- even to ephraim1 · 1%
- neither did ephraim1 · 1%
- out of ephraim1 · 1%
- of the grapes of ephraim1 · 1%
- before the ephraimites1 · 1%
- and it was so, that when those ephraimites1 · 1%
- of the ephraimites1 · 1%
- and over ephraim1 · 1%
- which is beside ephraim1 · 1%
- with them out of ephraim1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
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.