Strong H5778עוֹפַי
Ephai
- Transliteration
- ‛ôphay
- Pronunciation
- o-fah'-ee
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
From H5775; birdlike;
{Ephai} an Israelite: - Ephai [from margin].
{Ephai} an Israelite: - Ephai [from margin].
Meaning of the name
Ephai = "gloomy"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.40.8
In the biblical story
Ephai
A Netophathite whose son joined Gedaliah.
Ephai the Netophathite was the father of one of the men who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah (Jer.40.8).
In the Bible
Strong H5778 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ephai1
First verses
- Jeremiah 40:8Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.