Hebrew

(Forest of) Ephraim

אֶפְרַ֫יִםStrong’s H0669

ephrayim (eph-ra-yim)

Appears in 164 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ephrayim is the Hebrew word usually translated “ephraim”, “from ephraim” and “o ephraim”. It appears in 164 verses of the Old Testament.

“And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.”

Zechariah 9:10 KJV

Meaning

Second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh
The tribe, Ephraim
The mountain country of Ephraim
§ Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
§ Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
Combined with ya.ar (יַ֫עַר " Forest" H3293H)
Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"

How it's translated

ephraim 146
and ephraim 13
to ephraim 7
from ephraim 5
o ephraim 4
of ephraim 2
like ephraim 1
for ephraim 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Hosea 32
Judges 22
Joshua 18
2 Chronicles 16
Numbers 12
Isaiah 11

19 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

All 164 verses, by book

Genesis 9: 41:52 46:20 48:1 48:5 48:13 48:14 48:17 48:20 50:23
Numbers 12: 1:10 1:32 1:33 2:18 2:24 7:48 10:22 13:8 26:28 26:35 26:37 34:24
Deuteronomy 2: 33:17 34:2
Joshua 18: 14:4 16:4 16:5 16:8 16:9 16:10 17:8 17:9 17:10 17:15 17:17 19:50 20:7 21:5 21:20 21:21 24:30 24:33
Judges 22: 1:29 2:9 3:27 4:5 5:14 7:24 8:1 8:2 10:1 10:9 12:1 12:4 12:5 12:6 12:15 17:1 17:8 18:2 18:13 19:1 19:16 19:18
1 Samuel 3: 1:1 9:4 14:22
2 Samuel 4: 2:9 13:23 18:6 20:21
1 Kings 2: 4:8 12:25
2 Kings 2: 5:22 14:13
1 Chronicles 9: 6:66 6:67 7:20 7:22 9:3 12:30 27:10 27:14 27:20
2 Chronicles 16: 13:4 15:8 15:9 17:2 19:4 25:7 25:10 25:23 28:7 28:12 30:1 30:10 30:18 31:1 34:6 34:9
Nehemiah 2: 8:16 12:39
Psalms 5: 60:7 78:9 78:67 80:2 108:8
Isaiah 11: 7:2 7:5 7:8 7:9 7:17 9:9 9:21 11:13 17:3 28:1 28:3
Jeremiah 7: 4:15 7:15 31:6 31:9 31:18 31:20 50:19
Ezekiel 4: 37:16 37:19 48:5 48:6
Hosea 32: 4:17 5:3 5:5 5:9 5:11 5:12 5:13 5:14 6:4 6:10 7:1 7:8 7:11 8:9 8:11 9:3 9:8 9:11 9:13 9:16 10:6 10:11 11:3 11:8 11:9 11:12 12:1 12:8 12:14 13:1 13:12 14:8
Obadiah 1: 1:19
Zechariah 3: 9:10 9:13 10:7

Hebrew dictionary

אֶפְרַ֫יִם ephrayim · Ephraim

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.52; son of: Joseph (H3130) and Asenath (H0621); brother of: Manasseh (H4519); father of: Shuthelah (H7803), Becher (H1071H), Tahan (H8465), Ezer (H5827), Elead (H0496) and Beriah (H1283H); also called Ephrathite (NIV: Ephraimite) at 1Sa.1.1; Ephron (Qere, KJV: Ephrain) at 2Ch.13.19; § Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful" 1) second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh 2) the tribe, Ephraim 3) the mountain country of Ephraim …

אֶפְרַ֫יִם ephrayim · Ephraim (Gate)

§ Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful" a chief gate of Jerusalem

אֶפְרַ֫יִם ephrayim · Ephraim (Gate)

§ Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful" a chief gate of Nehemiah's Jerusalem

אֶפְרַ֫יִם ephrayim · (Forest of) Ephraim

Combined with ya.ar (יַ֫עַר " Forest" H3293H) § Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful" This name is used for the mountain country of Ephraim

אֶפְרַ֫יִם ephrayim · Ephraim

Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful" the country of the tribe of Ephraim Also named: Ephraim (Ἐφραίμ "Ephraim" G2187)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.