Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ephraim' occurs 194 times in the standard works.

69 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ephraim' in the standard works and contain 35.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 30 minutes to read the entire list.

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Hosea 5:9-14 (6 in 6 verses)


Gen. 48:17-20 (4 in 4 verses)

 48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

 48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

 48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

 48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.




Judg. 7:24-8:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Judg. 12:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 11:13 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 21:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Josh. 17:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

Hosea 5:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Hosea 9:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 2:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 9:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 7:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 10:11 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 19:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 48:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 1:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 16:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 16:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 21:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 6:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 15:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 48:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 11:12-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 12:14-13:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 175 6 181
Gen. 11 0 11
Num. 13 0 13
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 17 1 18
Judg. 23 5 28
1 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Sam. 4 0 4
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
2 Kgs. 2 0 2
1 Chr. 9 0 9
2 Chr. 16 0 16
Neh. 2 0 2
Ps. 5 0 5
Isa. 14 0 14
Jer. 7 0 7
Ezek. 4 0 4
Hosea 37 0 37
Obad. 1 0 1
Zech. 3 0 3
NT 1 0 1
BM 12 0 12
DC 6 0 6
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 194 6 200

Gen. 41:52
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

Gen. 46:20
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.

Gen. 48:1
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Gen. 48:5
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

Gen. 48:13
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

Gen. 48:14
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

Gen. 48:17
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

Gen. 48:20
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

Gen. 50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.