Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"

1. second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh

2. the tribe, Ephraim

3. the mountain country of Ephraim

4. sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)

5. a city near Baal-hazor

6. a chief gate of Jerusalem

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = "salvation"

1. family name of Joshua, the son of Nun

2. the 19th and last king of the northern kingdom of Israel

3. son of Beeri, and the first of the minor prophets; prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel in the reign of Jeroboam II

4. a son of Azaziah, a chief of Ephraim in the time of David

5. an Israelite chief who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

half

1. half

2. middle

Joel = "Jehovah is God"

1. son of Pethuel and the 2nd of the 12 minor prophets with a book by his name; probably prophesied in the time of king Uzziah of Judah

2. eldest son of Samuel the prophet and father of Heman the singer

3. a Simeonite chief

4. a Reubenite

5. a chief of Gad

6. son of Izrahiah and a chief of Issachar

7. brother of Nathan of Zobah and one of David's mighty warriors

8. son of Pedaiah and a chief of the half tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan in the time of David

9. a son of Nebo who returned with Ezra and had a foreign wife

10. a Benjamite, son of Zichri

11. a Levite

12. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah

13. a Gershonite Levite chief in the time of David

14. a Gershonite Levite, son of Jehiel and a descendant of Laadan; maybe same as 13

Manasseh = "causing to forget"

1. the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh

   1. the tribe descended from Manasseh

   2. the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh

2. son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile

3. a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

4. a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Azaziah = "Jehovah is mighty"

1. a Levite musician in the reign of David who played the harp in the procession which brought the ark from Obed-edom to Jerusalem

2. a Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah in charge of the tithes

3. father of Hoshea, prince of the tribe of Ephraim when David took the census

Pedaiah = "Jehovah has ransomed"

1. father of Zebudah, the wife of king Josiah and the mother of king Jehoiakim both of Judah

2. father of Zerubbabel and brother of Shealtiel who is usually called the father of Zerubbabel probably because of a lack of an heir from Shealtiel who was in the direct line of succession

rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe

1. rod, staff

2. shaft (of spear, dart)

3. club (of shepherd's implement)

4. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)

5. clan, tribe