Strong H673H673Gאֶפְרָתִי
Ephraimite
One of the 2 senses of Strong H673
- Transliteration
- 'ephrâthîy
- Pronunciation
- ef-rawth-ee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
Someone descended from Ephraim, a man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.52;
son of: Joseph (H3130) and Asenath (H621);
brother of: Manasseh (H4519);
father of: Shuthelah (H7803), Becher (H1071H), Tahan (H8465), Ezer (H5827), Elead (H496) and Beriah (H1283H); also called Ephrathite (NIV: Ephraimite) at 1Sa.1.1; Ephron (Qere, KJV: Ephrain) at 2Ch.13.19;
Group of eph.ra.yim (אֶפְרַ֫יִם "Ephraim" H669)
son of: Joseph (H3130) and Asenath (H621);
brother of: Manasseh (H4519);
father of: Shuthelah (H7803), Becher (H1071H), Tahan (H8465), Ezer (H5827), Elead (H496) and Beriah (H1283H); also called Ephrathite (NIV: Ephraimite) at 1Sa.1.1; Ephron (Qere, KJV: Ephrain) at 2Ch.13.19;
Group of eph.ra.yim (אֶפְרַ֫יִם "Ephraim" H669)
Meaning of the name
Ephrathite = "ashiness: fruitfulness"
General definition
Patrial from H672; an Ephrathite or an Ephraimite: - {Ephraimite} Ephrathite.
In the biblical story
Ephraim
Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel.
Ephraim was the second son of Joseph, and his descendants formed one of the twelve tribes of Israel, often playing a prominent role in the nation's history (Gen.41.52; 48; Num.1.32,33; Jos.16.4,5).
In the Bible
Strong H673G appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ephrathite2
- thou1
First verses
- Judges 12:5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
- 1 Samuel 1:1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
- 1 Kings 11:26And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.