Hebrew noun (feminine) · H374
אֵיפָה
ephahay-faw'
ephah
40 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼêyphâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H374is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 29spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H374
an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
The King James renders it: ephah, (divers) measure(-s).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ephah is rendered "ephah". It stands 40 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Seventeen of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 16:36(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
- The Greek text spells it twenty-nine different ways.
The first use
(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
Exodus 16:36הָאֵיפָ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seventeen of the word's forty uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the ephah15
- an ephah5
- and an ephah5
- to the ephah4
- a measure3
- and an ephah of3
- and a measure2
- about an ephah1
- an ephah of1
- ephah of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֵיפֹה | ephoh | where? | Uses10 |
The words it stands beside
All 40, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
29 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֵיפָ֣ה3
- הָֽאֵיפָ֔ה3
- לָאֵיפָֽה׃3
- הָאֵיפָ֖ה2
- הָֽאֵיפָה֙2
- הָאֵיפָֽה׃2
- וְאֵיפָ֑ה2
- וְאֵיפָ֨ה2
- אֵיפָ֧ה1
- אֵיפָ֥ה1
- אֵיפָ֤ה1
- אֵיפָה֙1
and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular15HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular8HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular7HC/Ncfsa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular4HRd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HC/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
Exodus
one use
(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
- הָאֵיפָ֖הhaeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
Leviticus
three uses
But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.
- הָאֵפָ֛הhaefahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
- הָאֵפָ֥הhaefahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- אֵ֥יפַתʾeifatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an ephah of
Numbers
two uses
then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
- הָאֵיפָ֖הhaeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.
- הָאֵיפָ֛הhaeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
Deuteronomy
three uses
You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
- אֵיפָ֣הʾeifahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a measure
- וְאֵיפָ֑הveeifahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a measure
You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- אֵיפָ֧הʾeifahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a measure
Judges
one use
So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.
- וְאֵיפַת־veeifat-conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and an ephah of
Ruth
one use
So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
- כְּאֵיפָ֥הkeeifahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: about an ephah
1 Samuel
two uses
Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
- וְאֵיפָ֨הveeifahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and an ephah
One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
- אֵיפַ֤תʾeifatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ephah of
Proverbs
two uses
Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
- אֵיפָ֣הʾeifahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a measure
- וְאֵיפָ֑הveeifahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a measure
Isaiah
one use
For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”
- אֵיפָֽה׃ פʾeifahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an ephah
Ezekiel
seventeen uses
You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
- וְאֵֽיפַת־veeifat-conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and an ephah of
The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
- הָאֵיפָ֣הhaeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
- הָֽאֵיפָ֔הhaeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley.
- הָֽאֵיפָה֙haeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
- הָֽאֵיפָ֔הhaeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
He shall also provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin of olive oil for each ephah of grain.
- אֵיפָ֥הʾeifahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an ephah
- וְאֵיפָ֥הveeifahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and an ephah
- לָאֵיפָֽה׃laeifahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the ephah
The grain offering with the ram shall be one ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
- אֵיפָ֣הʾeifahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an ephah
- לָאֵיפָֽה׃laeifahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the ephah
He is to provide a grain offering of an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and as much as he is able with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
- וְאֵיפָ֨הveeifahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and an ephah
- וְאֵיפָ֤הveeifahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and an ephah
- לָאֵיפָֽה׃laeifahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the ephah
At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
- אֵיפָ֤הʾeifahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an ephah
- וְאֵיפָ֣הveeifahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and an ephah
- לָאֵיפָֽה׃ סlaeifahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the ephah
You are also to provide with it every morning a grain offering of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to the LORD. This is a permanent statute.
- הָֽאֵיפָ֔הhaeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
Amos
one use
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- אֵיפָה֙ʾeifahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an ephah
Micah
one use
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
- וְאֵיפַ֥תveeifatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and an ephah of
Zechariah
five uses
“What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”
- הָֽאֵיפָה֙haeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
- הָאֵיפָֽה׃haeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
“This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.
- הָֽאֵיפָ֑הhaeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
- הָ֣אֵיפָ֔הhaeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
“Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
- הָאֵיפָֽה׃haeifahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the ephah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
