EPHRAIMITE

Meaning of EPHRAIMITE in English

Pronunciation: -fr ē - ə - ˌ m ī t

Function: noun

Date: 1568

1 : a member of the Hebrew tribe of Ephraim

2 : a native or inhabitant of the biblical northern kingdom of Israel

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

EPHRAIMITE — noun Date: 1568 a member of the Hebrew tribe of Ephraim, a native or inhabitant of the biblical northern kingdom …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EPHRAIMITE — I. ˈēfrēəˌmīt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Ephraim, younger son of Joseph (Gen 41:50-52), the eponymous ancestor …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EPHRAIMITE — /ee"free euh muyt', ee"freuh mit/ , n. 1. a member of the tribe of Ephraim. 2. an inhabitant of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EPHRAIMITE — noun Date: 1568 1. : a member of the Hebrew tribe of Ephraim 2. : a native or inhabitant of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EPHRAIMITE — [Ephra.im.ite] n (1611) 1: a member of the Hebrew tribe of Ephraim 2: a native or inhabitant of the biblical …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EPHRAIMITE — Of the tribe of Ephraim; elsewhere called "Ephrathite." (Judges 12:5)
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
MANASSITE — məˈnaˌsīt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Manasseh, elder son of Joseph (Gen 41:50-52), the eponymous ancestor of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EPHRATHITE — ˈefrəˌthīt noun ( -s ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Ephrath (Bethlehem), Palestine + English -ite 1. : bethlehemite 2. : ephraimite …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-ITE — [-ite] n suffix [ME, fr. OF & L; OF, fr. L -ita, -ites, fr. Gk -ites] 1 a: native: resident …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EPHRAIM — one of the 12 tribes of Israel that in biblical times comprised the people of Israel who later became the …
Britannica English vocabulary
ZICHRI — (memorable). â Son of Ishar the son of Kohath. (Exodus 6:21) (B.C. 1401.) â A Benjamite of the sons of …
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ZABAD — (gift). â Son of Nathan son of Attai, son of Ahlai Sheshan's daughter, (1 Chronicles 2:31-37) and hence called son …
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UZZENSHERAH — (ear (or point) of Sherah) a town founded or rebuilt by Sherah, an Ephraimite woman the daughter either of Ephraim …
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TABEAL — (God is good). The son of Tabeal was apparently an Ephraimite in the army of Pekah the son of Remaliah, …
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SIBBOLETH — the Ephraimite pronunciation of the word Shibboleth. (Judges 12:6) See: Shibboleth
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SHUTHELAH — (noise of breaking), head of an Ephraimite family, called after him Shuthalhites, (Numbers 26:35) and lineal ancestor of Joshua the …
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SHIBBOLETH — (a stream), (Judges 12:6) is the Hebrew word which the Gileadites under Jephthah made use of at the passage of …
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SHALLUM — (retribution). â The fifteenth king of Israel, son of Jabesh, conspired against Zachariah, killed him, and brought the dynasty of …
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NEBAT — (aspect), the father of Jeroboam, (1 Kings 11:26; 12:2,15) etc., is described as an Ephrathite or Ephraimite of Zereda. (B.C. …
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MESHILLEMOTH — (recompense). â An Ephraimite, one of the chiefs of the tribe in the reign of Pekah. (2 Chronicles 28:12) â …
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LAADAN — (put in order). â An Ephraimite, ancestor of Joshua the son of Nun. (1 Chronicles 7:26) â The son of …
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JOHANAN — (gift or grace of God). â Son of Azariah and grandson of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, and father of …
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JEROBOAM — (whose people are many). â The first king of the divided kingdom of Israel, B.C. 975-954, was the son of …
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HELEZ — (strength). â One of "the thirty" of David's guard, (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:27) an Ephraimite, and captain of …
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EPHRATHITE — â An inhabitant of Bethlehem. (Ruth 1:2) â An Ephraimite. (1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Kings 11:26)
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ELKANAH, OR ELKONAH — (God-provided). â Son, or rather grandson, see (1 Chronicles 6:22,23) (1Chr 6:7,8) of Korah, according to (Exodus 6:24) â A …
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BENAIAH — (made by the Lord). â The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, (1 Chronicles 27:5) of the tribe of Levi, …
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AZRIKAM — (help against the enemy). â A descendant of Zerubbabel, and son of Neariah of the royal line of Judah. (1 …
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AMMIHUD — (people of praise). â An Ephraimite father of Elishama, the chief of the tribe at the time of the Exodus. …
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