Word Study · Strong's H5891 · Hebrew
עֵיפָה
ephah
ay-faw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻÊyphâh
“Ephah, the name of a son of Midian, and of the region settled by him”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ephah, the name of a son of Midian, and of the region settled by him; also of an Israelite and of an Israelitess
Rendered in the KJV as
Ephah.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- עֵיפָ֤ה2
- וְעֵיפָה֙1
- וְעֵיפָ֥ה1
- וְעֵיפָ֔ה1
How it is rendered · 3
- and Ephah3
- [were] Ephah1
- Ephah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Npm · 2
- HNpm · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis1 occurrence
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:33עֵיפָ֤הʾeifahproper noun (a name)The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons.here: Ephah
- 1 Chronicles 2:46וְעֵיפָה֙veeifahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.here: and Ephah
- 1 Chronicles 2:47וְעֵיפָ֥הveeifahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.here: and Ephah
Same headword in Strong's