Ephraimite
אֶפְרָתִיStrong’s H0673ephrati (eph-ra-ti)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ephrati is the Hebrew word usually translated “ephrathite” and “ephrathites”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And 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;”
Meaning
- An inhabitant or descendant of Ephraim (in in Jdg.12.5; 1Ki.11.26)
How it's translated
- an ephrathite 4
- ephrathites 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 2
- Judges 1
- Ruth 1
- 1 Kings 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ruth 1:2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- 1 Samuel 1:1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, 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 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
אֶפְרָתִי ephrati · Ephraimite
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 (H0621); brother of: Manasseh (H4519); father of: Shuthelah (H7803), Becher (H1071H), Tahan (H8465), Ezer (H5827), Elead (H0496) 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" H0669) § Ephrathite = "ashiness: fruitfulness" 1) an inhabitant or descendant of Ephraim (in in Jdg.12.5; 1Ki.11.26) …
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.