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Ephraimite

Of the tribe of Ephraim; elsewhere called “Ephrathite.” (Judges 12:5)

In the Bible

5

Verses where Ephraimite is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 27:10

    The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:14

    The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

  • 1 Kings 11:26

    Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

  • 1 Samuel 1:1

    Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

  • Judges 12:5

    The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”

Ephraimite references

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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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