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Strong's #5891 - עֵיפָה

Transliteration

ʻÊyphâh

Phonetics

ay-faw'

Root Word (Etymology)

the same as (H5890)

Parts of Speech

N/A

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Ephah = “gloomy”

1) a son of Midian (noun proper masculine)

2) a Judaite, son of Jahdai (noun proper masculine)

3) a concubine of Caleb in the line of Judah (noun proper feminine)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (5)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 3

Isaiah 1

NAS (5)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 3

Isaiah 1

HCS (5)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 3

Isaiah 1

BSB (5)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 3

Isaiah 1

ESV (5)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 3

Isaiah 1

WEB (5)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 3

Isaiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. עֵיפָה proper name

1. of a people 'son' of Midian Genesis 25:4 (J) = 1 Chronicles 1:33, compare Isaiah 60:6, ᵐ5 Γαφερ, Γεφαρ, Γαιφα(ρ).

2. masculine name in Judah 1 Chronicles 2:47, ᵐ5 Γαιφα.

3. feminine concubine of Caleb 1 Chronicles 2:46, ᵐ5 Γαιφαηλ, A Γαιφα ἡ, ᵐ5^L Γαιφα.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֵיפָה fem. (from the root עוּף No. 3)

(1) darkness. Amos 4:13, עֹשֶׁה שַׁחַר עֵיפָה “he makes the dawn darkness.” With ה parag. עֵפָֽתָה Job 10:22.

(2) [Ephah], pr.n.

(a) of a country and tribe of the Midianites; Arab. غَيْفَةُ Genesis 25:4; Isaiah 60:6; 1 Chronicles 1:33.

(b) m. 1 Chronicles 2:47.

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List of Word Forms

וְעֵיפָ֔ה וְעֵיפָ֥ה וְעֵיפָה֙ ועיפה עֵיפָ֤ה עיפה eiFah veeiFah wə‘êp̄āh wə·‘ê·p̄āh