645. epho

Strong's Lexicon

epho: "now," "then," "therefore," "where," "how"

Original Word: אֵפוֹ
Part of Speech: enclitic particle
Transliteration: epho
Pronunciation: ay-fo'
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-fo')
Definition: "now," "then," "therefore," "where," "how"
Meaning: here, now, then

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. particle
Definition
then
NASB Translation
now (4), so (1), then (8), well then (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֵפוֺ (Job 17:15; 19:6,23; 24:25), elsewhere אֵפוֺא (compare רִבּוֺ and רִבּוֺא ),

enclitic particle then (probably from מּוֺ, a particle with a demonstrative force, compare מּוֺ, מֹּה here, with א prefixed. In the Targs. מּוֺן is used somewhat similarly, e.g. Genesis 26:10; Numbers 11:29; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 48:18,19), — used

1 in connection with interrogatory pronouns or adverbs (like ἄρα, ποτε tandem): מִי אֵפוֺא Genesis 27:3 who, then, . . . ? Genesis 27:37; וּלְכָה אֵפוֺא מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה and for thee, then, what shall I do, my son ? Exodus 33:16 וּבַמֶּה יִוָּדַע אֵפוֺא and wherein shall it be known, then...? אַיה אֵפוֺא where, then ? Judges 9:38; Isaiah 19:12; Job 17:15; Hosea 13:10 אֱהִי מַלְכְךָ אֵפוֺא Isaiah 22:1 מַהלָּֿח אֵפוֺא what is there to thee, pray. . .?

2 in a command or wish : 2 Kings 10:10 דְּעוּ אֵפוֺא ? know, then; (in apodosis) Proverbs 6:3; Job 19:6,23 מִיּיִֿתֵּן אֵפוֺ וְיִכָּֽתְבוּן מִלָּי֑ would, then, that my words were written !

3 after אִם Genesis 43:11 אִםכֵּֿן אֵפוֺא זאֹת עֲשׂו if it be so, then, do this, Job 9:24 if not then, who is it ? Job 24:25.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

here, now, where

Or hephowe {ay-fo'}; from poh; strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or then -- here, now, where?

see HEBREW poh

Forms and Transliterations

אֵ֭פוֹ אֵפ֔וֹא אֵפ֗וֹא אֵפ֡וֹא אֵפ֣וֹ אֵפ֣וֹא אֵפ֥וֹא אֵפ֪וֹא ׀ אֵפוֹא֮ אפו אפוא ’ê·p̄ō·w ’ê·p̄ōw ’êp̄ōw eFo

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 27:33
HEB: וַיֹּ֡אמֶר מִֽי־ אֵפ֡וֹא ה֣וּא הַצָּֽד־
NAS: Who was he then that hunted
KJV: and said, Who? where [is] he that hath taken
INT: and said Who then that hunted

Genesis 27:37
HEB: סְמַכְתִּ֑יו וּלְכָ֣ה אֵפ֔וֹא מָ֥ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֖ה
NAS: I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what
KJV: him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
INT: and new have sustained then what do

Genesis 43:11
HEB: אִם־ כֵּ֣ן ׀ אֵפוֹא֮ זֹ֣את עֲשׂוּ֒
NAS: [it must be] so, then do
KJV: said unto them, If [it must be] so now, do
INT: If so then likewise do

Exodus 33:16
HEB: וּבַמֶּ֣ה ׀ יִוָּדַ֣ע אֵפ֗וֹא כִּֽי־ מָצָ֨אתִי
NAS: For how then can it be known
KJV: For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people
INT: how it be known then for have found

Judges 9:38
HEB: זְבֻ֗ל אַיֵּ֨ה אֵפ֥וֹא פִ֙יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: is your boasting now with which
KJV: Zebul unto him, Where [is] now thy mouth,
INT: Zebul Where now is your boasting which

2 Kings 10:10
HEB: דְּע֣וּ אֵפ֗וֹא כִּי֩ לֹ֨א
NAS: Know then that there shall fall
KJV: Know now that there shall fall
INT: Know then for nothing

Job 9:24
HEB: אִם־ לֹ֖א אֵפ֣וֹא מִי־ הֽוּא׃
NAS: If [it is] not [He], then who
KJV: of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?
INT: If before not then who he

Job 17:15
HEB: וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י
NAS: Where now is my hope? And who
KJV: And where [is] now my hope?
INT: Where now expectation expectation

Job 19:6
HEB: דְּֽעוּ־ אֵ֭פוֹ כִּי־ אֱל֣וֹהַּ
NAS: Know then that God has wronged
KJV: Know now that God hath overthrown
INT: Know then that God

Job 19:23
HEB: מִֽי־ יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י
KJV: my words were now written!
INT: Oh that were now were written my words

Job 24:25
HEB: וְאִם־ לֹ֣א אֵ֭פוֹ מִ֣י יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי
NAS: Now if it is not so, who
KJV: And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make
INT: now if is not so who prove

Proverbs 6:3
HEB: עֲשֵׂ֨ה זֹ֥את אֵפ֪וֹא ׀ בְּנִ֡י וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל
NAS: this then, my son,
KJV: Do this now, my son, and deliver
INT: Do likewise then my son and deliver

Isaiah 19:12
HEB: אַיָּם֙ אֵפ֣וֹא חֲכָמֶ֔יךָ וְיַגִּ֥ידוּ
NAS: Well then, where are your wise men?
KJV: Where [are] they? where [are] thy wise
INT: where Well are your wise tell

Isaiah 22:1
HEB: מַה־ לָּ֣ךְ אֵפ֔וֹא כִּֽי־ עָלִ֥ית
NAS: What is the matter with you now, that you have all
KJV: of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up
INT: of vision What now for gone

Hosea 13:10
HEB: אֱהִ֤י מַלְכְּךָ֙ אֵפ֔וֹא וְיוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֖ בְּכָל־
NAS: Where now is your king
KJV: be thy king: where [is any other] that may save
INT: Where is your king now may save all

15 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 645
15 Occurrences

’ê·p̄ō·w — 15 Occ.