Strong's Hebrew · H669
אֶפְרַיִם
ʼEphrayim · ef-rah'-yim
DefinitionEphrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Derivationdual of masculine form of H672 (אֶפְרָת); double fruit;
KJV usageEphraim, Ephraimites.
Occurrences180 in the KJV · 164 verses
אֶפְרַיִם in Scripture
Genesis 41:52
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis 46:20
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti -pherah priest of On bore unto him.
Genesis 48:1
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis 48:5
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
Genesis 48:13
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel' s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel' s right hand, and brought them near unto him.
Genesis 48:14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim' s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh' s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
Genesis 48:17
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father' s hand, to remove it from Ephraim' s head unto Manasseh' s head.
Genesis 48:20
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis 50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim' s children of the third generation : the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph' s knees.
Numbers 1:10
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Numbers 1:32
Of the children of Joseph, namely , of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:33
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
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