ʻÔwphay — H5778

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ephai, an Israelite

1. Ephai = "gloomy"
2. a Netophathite, whose sons were among the captains of the forces left in Judah after the deportation to Babylon

Usually translated as

Ephai

Origin

from H5775; birdlike

• Derived from ʻôwph (H5775)

Occurrences

ʻÔwphay occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (1)

• Jeremiah 40:8 — Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai (עֵיפַ֣י) the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.