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

house

1. house, dwelling habitation

2. shelter or abode of animals

3. human bodies (fig.)

4. of Sheol

5. of abode of light and darkness

6. of land of Ephraim

place

receptacle

home, house as containing a family

household, family

1. those belonging to the same household

2. family of descendants, descendants as organized body

household affairs

inwards (metaph.)

(TWOT) temple

on the inside

within

hill, mountain, hill country, mount

sword, knife

1. sword

2. knife

3. tools for cutting stone

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

Naphtali = "wrestling"

1. the 6th son of Jacob and the 2nd by Bilhah the handmaid of Rachel

2. the tribe descended from Naphtali the son of Jacob

   n pr loc

3. the territory assigned to the tribe of Naphtali

places round about, circuit, round about

in a circuit, a circuit, round about

in the circuit, from every side

as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as

1. of space

   1. as far as, up to, even to

2. in combination

   1. from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' - from)

3. of time

   1. even to, until, unto, till, during, end

4. of degree

   1. even to, to the degree of, even like

      conjunction

until, while, to the point that, so that even

excitement, anguish

1. of terror

city, town (a place of waking, guarded)

1. city, town

Simeon or Shimeon = "heard"

1. the 2nd son of Jacob by his wife Leah and progenitor of the tribe of Simeon

2. an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra