אֵיפָה ephah
Hebrew word for “ephah” · Strong’s H374 · used 40 times in 29 verses
Meaning
1) ephah; 1a) a dry measure of quantity, equal to 3 seahs, 10 omers;
How it is translated
Glosses given for ephah in context, with how often each is used:
- ephah 33
- measure 5
- about an ephah 1
- will be an ephah 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 17 | 0.9 | |
| Zechariah | 5 | 1.6 | |
| Leviticus | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ruth | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Zechariah 5 (5), Ezekiel 45 (4), Ezekiel 46 (4), Deuteronomy 25 (2), Exodus 16 (1), Leviticus 5 (1), Leviticus 6 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Numbers 5 (1), Numbers 28 (1)
Forms
- האיפה 13
- איפה 8
- ואיפה 7
- לאיפה 4
- ואיפת 3
- האפה 2
- איפת 2
- כאיפה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ephah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- הִין hin “hin” 7
- עֲשִׂירִי asiri “tenth” 6
- שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 8
- מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 8
- סֹלֶת solet “fine flour” 4
- בַּת bat “bath” 3
- קֶמַח qemach “flour” 3
- מֹאזֵן mozen “balance” 3
- פַּר par “bullock” 4
- חֹמֶר chomer “clay” 3
- שְׂעֹרָה seorah “barley” 3
- אַיִל ayil “ram” 4
Key verses
The verses using ephah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 5:11 — But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour…
- Leviticus 6:20 — This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour…
- Leviticus 19:36 — Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 5:15 — Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil…
- Deuteronomy 25:15 — But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God…
- 1 Samuel 1:24 — And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the…
- Proverbs 20:10 — Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
- Isaiah 5:10 — Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
- Ezekiel 45:10 — Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Ezekiel 46:5 — And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
- Amos 8:5 — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and…
- Micah 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.