Word

אֶפְרַיִם

ʼEphrayim · H669 · Hebrew · proper noun · 180 occurrences

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Person

Ephraimfirst named in Genesis 41:52160 verses

This name belongs to 3 places

Gate of Ephraimfirst named in 2 Kings 14:132 verses
Gate of Ephraimfirst named in Nehemiah 8:162 verses
Mount Ephraimfirst named in Jeremiah 4:151 verse

Meanings

Ephraim

A man, tribe and territory, son of Joseph and founder of one of the tribes of Israel

Examples
Genesis 41:52 And he named the second Ephraim; “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
Genesis 46:20 Now to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
Genesis 48:1 Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.
Ephraim

Reference to the northern kingdom of Israel, of which Ephraim was the most important tribe

Examples
2 Chronicles 25:7 But a man of God came to him saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel come with you, for the LORD is not with Israel nor with any of the sons of Ephraim.
2 Chronicles 25:10 Then Amaziah dismissed the troops which came to him from Ephraim, to go home; so their anger burned against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
2 Chronicles 28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah the second to the king.
Ephraim Gate

One of the city gates of Jerusalem

Examples
2 Kings 14:13 Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.
2 Chronicles 25:23 Then Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.
Nehemiah 8:16 So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courtyards and in the courtyards of the house of God, and in the public square at the Water Gate, and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.

How it’s used In 8 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

6 occurrences in 5 groups

בֵּןson 2
אָבfather 1
יָלַדto bear 1
מַטֶּהtribe, staff, rod 1
עַםpeople 1

What it doesIt is the subject

27 occurrences in 23 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 5
Other words · 22 groups that occur once or twice (22) 22

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 6 groups

יָדַעto know 1
נָכָהto strike, to strike down 1
צָרַרto distress, to be hostile, to bind up 1
רָכַבto ride 1
שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
שָׁחַתto destroy, to corrupt 1

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

קָרָאto call, to cry out 1

What it is said to bePredicate

6 occurrences in 5 groups

מָעוֹזstronghold, refuge 2
בֵּןson 1
חָבַרto be joined together 1
יָצָאto go out 1
עֶגְלָהfemale calf 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

4 occurrences in 4 groups

בֵּןson 1
זְנוּתfornication 1
אֶחָדone 1
אֱלִישָׁמָעElishama 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

24 occurrences in 7 groups

לto/for 13
מִןfrom 11
עַלon, upon, over, against 5
בin/on/with 3
אֵתwith 2
עִםwith 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

97 occurrences in 27 groups

הַרmountain 32
בֵּןson 20
מַטֶּהtribe, staff, rod 5
רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 4
שַׁעַרgate 4
אִישׁman, person, each 3
Other words · 20 groups that occur once or twice (26) 26

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 4 entries

Names of People003001007: אֶפְרַיִם is the personal name of Joseph's second son, born in Egypt and named for God's fruitfulness.
Names of Groups003001006: The same name designates the tribe of Ephraim descended from him, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Names of Locations003001010: אֶפְרַיִם also names the territory allotted to the tribe, the hill country of Ephraim in the land of Canaan.
Names of Constructions003001003: The name further designates the Gate of Ephraim, a named gate of Jerusalem.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H669. Ephrayim אֶפְרַ֫יִם proper name, masculine Ephraim (Gen 41:52 connected with…

H669. Ephrayim
אֶפְרַ֫יִם proper name, masculine Ephraim (Gen 41:52 connected with הִפְרָה, Hiph`il of פרה, compare פרא Hiph`il Hos 13:15).
1 2nd son of Joseph Gen 41:52; Gen 46:20; reckoned among sons of Jacob, blessed by him, and given preference over Manasseh Gen 48:1, Gen 48:5, Gen 48:13, Gen 48:14, Gen 48:17 (twice in verse) (compare Gen 48:19) Gen 48:20; Gen 48:20; Gen 50:23; Num 1:10; 1Ch 7:20, 1Ch 7:22.
2 אֶפְרַיִם בְּנֵי (= descendants, tribe of east) Num 1:32; Num 2:18 (twice in verse); Num 2:24; Num 7:48; Num 10:22; Num 26:35, Num 26:37; Jos 16:5, Jos 16:9 (boundaries of territory), Jos 17:8; 1Ch 9:3; 1Ch 12:31; 1Ch 27:10, 1Ch 27:14, 1Ch 27:20; 2Ch 28:12; less often א ׳מַטֵּה Num 1:33; Num 13:8; Jos 21:5; 1Ch 6:51; בְנֵיאֿ ׳מַטֵּה Num 34:24; Jos 16:8; compare Jos 14:4; א ׳שֵׁבֶט Psa 78:67 (|| יוֺסֵף אֹהֶל); א ׳בֵּית Jdg 10:9; also ׳א alone, tribe Ephraim Num 26:28; Deu 33:17; Jos 16:10 + often; א ׳אֶרֶין וּמְנַשֶּׁה Jos 17:17 compare Jdg 12:15; 2Ch 30:10 especially
3 הַראֶֿפְרַיִם the mountain-country of Ephraim, a ridge stretching from north to south through territory assigned to Ephraim, with fruitful land on both slopes, especially the western (compare Di Jos 16:1) Jos 17:15; Jos 19:50; Jos 20:7; Jdg 2:9; Jdg 3:27; Jdg 4:5 26t.
4 by Hosea & Isaiah (rarely later) אֶפְרַיִם = kingdom of northern Israel (from Ephraim as largest & strongest tribe in it) Hos 4:17; Hos 5:3 (twice in verse); Hos 5:5 (|| יִשְׂרָאֵל) Hos 5:11; Hos 5:12 30t. Hosea; Isa 7:2, Isa 7:5, Isa 7:8, Isa 7:9, Isa 7:17 Isa 7:9t. Isaiah; also Jer 7:15; Jer 31:9, Jer 31:18, Jer 31:20; Eze 37:16 (strike out Co) Eze 37:19; Psa 78:9; 2Ch 25:7, 2Ch 25:10; compare 2Ch 30:1; Psa 60:9 = Psa 108:9; א ׳עָרֵי2Ch 17:2; compare 2Ch 34:6; א ׳שְׂדֵה Obadiah 19; hence ׳א alone in local sense 2Ch 31:1; also Hos 5:9, where feminine (& perhaps Isa 7:2).
5 אֶפְרַיִם יִעַר 2Sa 18:6, east of Jordan; ᵐ5L Klo read מַחֲנַיִם יער compare 2Sa 17:24, 2Sa 17:27.
6 name of a city near Baal-hazor 2Sa 13:23 (= Ἐφραϊμ Joh 11:54 & 1 Macc 11:34? Klo compare ᵐ5L Γοφραιμ & עפרון, Qr עֶפְרַיִן2Ch 13:9; so previously Bö Th Ke compare Dr).
7 אֶפְרַיִם שַׁעַר a chief gate of Jerusalem 2Ki 14:13; 2Ch 25:23; Neh 8:16; Neh 12:39; perhaps at northwest angle, near Holy Sepulchre, compare Schick-GutheZPV 1885.
אֶפְרָת see אפרתה. below

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

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Names of Constructions4 occurrences Names of Groups61 occurrences Names of People115 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0