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אֵיפָה H374
H374 is the Hebrew word אֵיפָה, transliterated ʼêyphâh and said ay-faw'. The King James Version most often renders it ephah.
What it means
an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general.
Where it comes from
or (shortened) אֵפָה ; of Egyptian derivation.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 32 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: ephah, (divers) measure(-s).
Verses using אֵיפָה
All 25 verses, quoted in full.
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.
Leviticus 6:20 · KJV
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 for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
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.
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.
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.
Deuteronomy 25:14 · KJV
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy 25:15 · KJV
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 giveth thee.
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.
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.
1 Samuel 1:24 · KJV
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 LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
1 Samuel 17:17 · KJV
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren.
Proverbs 20:10 · KJV
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Ezekiel 45:10 · KJV
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Ezekiel 45:11 · KJV
The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
Ezekiel 45:13 · KJV
This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
Ezekiel 45:24 · KJV
And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:5 · KJV
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.
Ezekiel 46:7 · KJV
And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:11 · KJV
And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
Ezekiel 46:14 · KJV
And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD.
Amos 8:5 · KJV
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 falsifying the balances by deceit?
Micah 6:10 · KJV
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
Zechariah 5:6 · KJV
And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
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.
Zechariah 5:9 · KJV
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
Common questions
What does Strong's H374 mean?
H374 is the Hebrew word אֵיפָה (ʼêyphâh), meaning an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general.
How is H374 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it ephah (21 times), divers measures (4 times), part of an ephah (3 times), measure (2 times), about an ephah (1 time), among others.
How many times does H374 appear in the Bible?
אֵיפָה (ʼêyphâh) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H374 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or (shortened) אֵפָה ; of Egyptian derivation.
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