Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H5891
עֵיפָה
ephahay-faw'
Ephah
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻÊyphâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5891is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5891
Ephah, the name of a son of Midian, and of the region settled by him; also of an Israelite and of an Israelitess
The King James renders it: Ephah.
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 5 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 25:4The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
Genesis 25:4עֵיפָ֤ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's five uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and Ephah3
- Ephah2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֵיפָה | ephah | darkness | Uses2 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- עֵיפָ֤ה2
- וְעֵיפָה֙1
- וְעֵיפָ֥ה1
- וְעֵיפָ֔ה1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Npm
- proper noun (a name)2HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
Genesis
one use
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
- עֵיפָ֤הʾeifahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ephah
1 Chronicles
three uses
The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons.
- עֵיפָ֤הʾeifahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ephah
Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
- וְעֵיפָה֙veeifahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ephah
The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
- וְעֵיפָ֥הveeifahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ephah
Isaiah
one use
Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- וְעֵיפָ֔הveeifahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and 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 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.