Ephraimite

[ ee-free-uh-mahyt, ee-fruh-mit ]

noun

1. a member of the tribe of Ephraim.
2. an inhabitant of the northern kingdom of Israel.

adjective

1. Also E·phra·i·mit·ic [] of or relating to the tribe of Ephraim or the Ephraimites.

Ephraimite

/ ˈiːfreɪɪˌmaɪt /

noun

1. a member of the tribe of Ephraim

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ephraimite¹

First recorded in 1605–15; Ephraim + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

While these aspects of Israel’s relation to Yahweh are emphasized by the Ephraimite prophet, the larger conceptions of Yahweh’s character as universal Lord and the God of righteousness, whose government of the world is ethical, emphasized by the prophet of Tekoah, are scarcely presented.

From Project Gutenberg

Sinai are extremely intricate, it is generally agreed that Ex. xx. cannot be ascribed to the oldest source, and if, in accordance with many critics, this chapter is ascribed to the Elohist or Ephraimite school, its incorporation can scarcely be older than the middle of the 8th century, and is probably later.

From Project Gutenberg

The Mosaic priesthood and the reference to Shiloh suggest that the story of Eli may have belonged to this cycle of narratives; and the spoliation of the unknown sanctuary of the Ephraimite Micah and the character of the fierce Puritan tribesmen connect Dan with the problems of the tribes of Simeon and Levi.

From Project Gutenberg

The Ephraimite was a coin named after one Ephraim, a Jew, who alloyed the legal coin of the Empire.

From Project Gutenberg

I had stumbled upon their shibboleth, and proclaimed myself an Ephraimite, and not of Gilead. 

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