Bible Names

Epher: meaning of the name

Epher means “dust; lead.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Epher in Hebrew and Greek

עֵפֶר H6081

ʻÊpher (ay'-fer) — Epher, the name of an Arabian and of two Israelites

probably a variation of H6082 (עֹפֶר); gazelle;

People named Epher in the Bible

Epher in Scripture

“Epher” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 25:4

    And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:33

    And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:17

    And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:24

    And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.