Strong's Lexicon

H374

H374 — אֵיפָה אֵפָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebreweyphahnoun femOccurrences: 40TWOT: 82

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H374
Word:	אֵיפָה אֵפָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	of Egyptian derivation
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	40
Transliteration:	eyphah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ay-faw' (or (shortened) ephah {ay-faw'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. an ephah or measure for grain 2. (hence) a measure in general
KJV Renderings:	ephah, (divers) measure(-s).

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BDB387

אֵיפָה₃₅, אֵפָה noun feminine ephah (etymology dubious, ᵐ5 . οιφι etc., compare Coptic ôipi, Thes Lag^{Or. ii. 2 & cit}.) — ׳ א Num 5:15 +; אֵפָה Exod 16:36 +; construct אֵיפַת Lev 19:36 +; — ephah, a grain-measure.

1. a certain quantity of wheat, barley, etc. = ten omers (עֹמֶר) Exod 16:36 (compare in measure of offerings Lev 5:11; Lev 6:13; Num 5:15; Num 28:5, all ׳ עֲשִׂירִית הָא; = 1/10 chomer (חֹמֶר) Ezek 45:11 (= bath, בַּת, liquid measure q. v.) compare Isa 5:10 chiefly of offerings, see above & 1Sam 1:24; Ezek 45:13 (twice in verse); Ezek 45:24 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:5 (twice in verse); Ezek 46:7 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:11 (3 t. in verse); Ezek 46:14 compare Judg 6:19, but also of food 1Sam 17:17 compare Ruth 2:17 & Isa 5:10 above

2. receptacle or measure, holding an ephah, in prophetic vision Zech 5:6; Zech 5:7; Zech 5:8; Zech 5:9; Zech 5:10 just measure אֵיפַתצֶֿדֶק Lev 19:36 (|| ׳ מאֹזְנֵיצֿ, ׳ אַבְנֵיצֿ, ׳ הִֶין צ) compare Ezek 45:10; Ezek 45:11 אֵיפָה ׳ שׁלֵמָה וָצ Deut 25:15 (|| ׳ וָצ ׳ אֶבֶן שׁ); of unjust measure אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה Deut 25:14; Prov 20:10 ׳ הַקְטִין א Amos 8:5 אֵיפַת רָווֺן Mic 6:10. (On the actual size of ephah, compare בַּת).

אֵיפֹה see below אַי. P.33

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

איפה (eh-phah’)

Exodus 16:96

EHCC: the tenth (part) of ax ephah,

Leviticus 5:11

KJV: 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 for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.

EHCC: & 6:20 (13). the tenth part of an

Leviticus 19:36

KJV: 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.weights: Heb. stones

EHCC: just regu just ephah, .

Numbers 5:15

KJV: 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 upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

EHCC: thetenth (part) of an

Numbers 28:5

KJV: And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.

EHCC: a tenth (part) of om

Deuteronomy 25:14

KJV: Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.divers…: Heb. an ephah and an ephah

EHCC: have in thine divers measures,

Judges 6:19

KJV: And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats

EHCC: of an ephah of flour:

Ruth 2:17

KJV: So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

EHCC: about an ephah of barley.

Ruth 188:1

EHCC: 24, and one תמוק of flour,

Ruth 17:17

EHCC: an ephah of this parched (corn),

Proverbs 20:10

KJV: Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stonedivers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah

EHCC: divers ayers, (marg. אם .

Proverbs 48:5

EHCC: B. (shall be) ax ephah for a ram,

Micah 6:10

KJV: Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?Are…: or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the, etcscant…: Heb. measure of leanness

EHCC: and the scant measure (that ‘s)

Zechariah 5:8

KJV: And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

EHCC: This (is) an ephak that goeth forth,