Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H6081
עֵפֶר
Epheray'-fer
Epher
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻÊpher
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6081is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6081
Epher, the name of an Arabian and of two Israelites
The King James renders it: Epher.
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
Epher is rendered "Epher". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across two 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 three different ways.
The first use
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
Genesis 25:4וָעֵ֙פֶר֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's four 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 Epher4
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.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- וָעֵ֙פֶר֙2
- וְעֵ֣פֶר1
- וְעֵ֡פֶר1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)4HC/Npm
Genesis
one use
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
- וָעֵ֙פֶר֙vaeferconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Epher
1 Chronicles
three uses
The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons.
- וָעֵ֙פֶר֙vaeferconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Epher
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.
- וְעֵ֣פֶרveeferconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Epher
These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel.
- וְעֵ֡פֶרveeferconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Epher
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.