אֶפְרַיִםʼEphrayim

Meanings

Same root

• אֶפְרָתʼEphrâth · H672Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;
• ἘφραίμEphraím · G2187Ephraim, a place in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 180 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 41:52 Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”
• Genesis 46:20 Joseph’s sons, born in the land of Egypt, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Their mother was Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.
• Genesis 48:1 One day not long after this, word came to Joseph, “Your father is failing rapidly.” So Joseph went to visit his father, and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
• Genesis 48:5 “Now I am claiming as my own sons these two boys of yours, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born here in the land of Egypt before I arrived. They will be my sons, just as Reuben and Simeon are.
• Genesis 48:13 Then he positioned the boys in front of Jacob. With his right hand he directed Ephraim toward Jacob’s left hand, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Jacob’s right hand.
• Genesis 48:14 But Jacob crossed his arms as he reached out to lay his hands on the boys’ heads. He put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, though he was the younger boy, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, though he was the firstborn.