(Mount) Ephraim
אֶפְרַ֫יִםStrong’s H5858ephrayim (eph-ra-yim)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ephrayim is the Hebrew word usually translated “ebal”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.28
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.23
- Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"
How it's translated
- ebal 6
- and ebal 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 3
- Joshua 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Genesis 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 11:29And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
- Deuteronomy 27:4Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
- Deuteronomy 27:13And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
- Joshua 8:30Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
- Joshua 8:33And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 1:22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
Hebrew dictionary
עֵיבָל eval · Obal
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.28; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) Another spelling of o.val (עוֹבָל "Obal" H5745) § Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain" Arabian people, descended from Joktan
עֵיבָל eval · Ebal
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.23; son of: Shobal (H7732); brother of: Alvan (H5935), Manahath (H4506B), Shepho (H8195) and Onam (H0208) § Ebal = "stone" or "bare mountain" a son of Shobal
אֶפְרַ֫יִם ephrayim · (Mount) Ephraim
Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful" the mountain country of Ephraim Another name of e.val (עֵיבָל "(Mount )Ebal" H5858C)
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.