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עֵיפָה

ʻÊyphâh · H5891 · Hebrew · proper noun · 5 occurrences

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This name belongs to 3 people

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Meanings

  1. Ephah

    A man, son of Midian, son of Keturah the wife of Abraham, and founder of a Midianite clan

    Examples

    Genesis 25:4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were the sons of Keturah.

    1 Chronicles 1:33 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

    Isaiah 60:6 “A multitude of camels will cover you, The young camels of Midian and Ephah; All those from Sheba will come; They will bring gold and frankincense, And proclaim good news of the praises of the LORD.

  2. Ephah

    A woman who was a concubine of Caleb

    Examples

    1 Chronicles 2:46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez.

  3. Ephah

    Man; descendant of Caleb; tribe of Judah

    Examples

    1 Chronicles 2:47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 3 entries
Dark002001001017
עֵיפָה (Ephah) is a personal name, a son of Midian and a tribal-clan name, illustrated at Genesis 25:4 ("the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah") and 1 Chronicles 1:33 — this Dark domain code is bundle-shared from the homographic common noun for darkness/gloom (עֵיפָה (ʻêyphâh, H5890)) and carries no tagged occurrence of עֵיפָה (ʻÊyphâh, H5891) independently attesting a darkness sense of its own.
Regions Under the Earth001003
This lexeme's genuine tagged occurrences (Genesis 25:4, 1 Chronicles 1:33/2:46-47) are all the personal/clan name Ephah, not a term for the underworld; this Regions Under the Earth domain code is bundle-shared from the homographic common noun for darkness/gloom (עֵיפָה (ʻêyphâh, H5890)) and carries no tagged occurrence of עֵיפָה (ʻÊyphâh, H5891) independently attesting a sense of its own.
Names of People003001007
עֵיפָה (Ephah) is a personal name here, a son of Midian (Genesis 25:4) and a concubine of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:46).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5891. Ephah II. עֵיפָה proper name 1. of a people 'son' of Midian Gen 25:4 (J) = 1Ch…
H5891. Ephah
II. עֵיפָה proper name
1. of a people 'son' of Midian Gen 25:4 (J) = 1Ch 1:33, compare Isa 60:6, ᵐ5 Γαφερ, Γεφαρ, Γαιφα(ρ).
2. masculine name in Judah 1Ch 2:47, ᵐ5 Γαιφα.
3. feminine concubine of Caleb 1Ch 2:46, ᵐ5 Γαιφαηλ, A Γαιφα ἡ, ᵐ5L Γαιφα.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

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