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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 ···· [] of or relating to the tribe of Ephraim or the Ephraimites.

Ephraimite

/ ˈːڰɪɪˌɪ /

noun

  1. a member of the tribe of Ephraim
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ephraimite1

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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