Hebrew · Strong's H669 · Name

אֶפְרַיִם

eph·ra·yim

Ephraim

173times used

157verses

18books

How it's translated

ephraim127
and ephraim10
from ephraim5
to ephraim4
o ephraim3
of ephraim2
belonged to ephraim2
for ephraim1

Definition

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…

Where it appears

Hosea32
Judges22
Joshua18
2 Chronicles15
Numbers12
Isaiah11
Genesis9
1 Chronicles9
Jeremiah6
Psalms5

…and 8 more books.

Every verse

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English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.