אֶפְרָתִי
ʼEphrâthîy · ef-rawth-ee'
an Ephrathite or an Ephraimite
Lexicon
Derivation: patrial from H672 (אֶפְרָת);
an Ephrathite or an Ephraimite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ephraimite, Ephrathite.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶפְרָתִי 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- an ephrathite2 · 40%
- unto him, art thou an ephraimite1 · 20%
- ephrathites1 · 20%
- of that ephrathite1 · 20%
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.