Strong H6696 sensesאֶפְרַ֫יִם

Meaning of the name

The 6 senses of Strong H669

The lexicon tells 6 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H669 appears in 164 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. EphraimH669GSecond son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel.156 verses · 18 books
2. Ephraim (Gate)H669HGate in Jerusalem's wall, broken down by King Jehoash2 verses · 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles
3. Ephraim (Gate)H669IGate in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt during Nehemiah's time2 verses · Nehemiah
4. (Mount) EphraimH669JA mountain in Canaan, site of curses and blessings ceremony.1 verse · Jeremiah
5. (Forest of) EphraimH669KLocation of the battle between David's forces and Absalom's army1 verse · 2 Samuel
6. EphraimH669LCity near the Judean wilderness; Jesus withdrew there1 verse · 2 Samuel

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• ephraim155
• ephraimites4
• s4
• mine2
• grape1
• make1

First verses

1. 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.
2. 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 bare unto him.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Numbers 1:10
    Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
11. 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;
12. Numbers 1:33
    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
13. Numbers 2:18
    On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
14. Numbers 2:24
    All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
15. Numbers 7:48
    On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
16. Numbers 10:22
    And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
17. Numbers 13:8
    Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
18. Numbers 26:28
    The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
19. Numbers 26:35
    These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
20. Numbers 26:37
    These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.