Word Study · Strong's H667 · Hebrew
אֶפְרֹחַ
ephroach
ef-ro'-akh
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼephrôach
“the brood of a bird”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the brood of a bird
Rendered in the KJV as
young (one).
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- אֶפְרֹ֫חֶ֥יהָ1
- אֶפְרֹחִים֙1
- הָֽאֶפְרֹחִ֔ים1
- וְאֶפְרֹחָ֥יו1
How it is rendered · 4
- and young ones its1
- the young ones1
- young ones1
- young ones its1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 22:6אֶפְרֹחִים֙ʾefrochimnoun · masculine pluralIf you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.here: young ones
- Deuteronomy 22:6הָֽאֶפְרֹחִ֔יםhaefrochimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralIf you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.here: the young ones