Ephraimite
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
One of the tribe of Ephraim. Judges 12:4,5 . See EPHRATHITE.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
ē´fra -im -ı̄t ( אפרים , 'ephrayim ; singular אפרתי , 'ephrāthı̄ ): A member of the tribe of Ephraim ( Joshua 16:10 , etc.). See also Ephrathite .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
as a designation of a descendant of the patriarch Ephraim, is properly denoted in the Hebrews by the patronymic בֶּןאּאֶפְרִיַם, son of Ephraim ( Numbers 10:22, plur. A.V. "children of Ephraim"), or simply Ephraim (often rendered " Ephraimites" in the A.V.);. but in Judges 12:5 it appears as a rendering of אֵפְרָתַי, an Ephrathite (q.v.), meaning thereby, however, an Ephraimite, which is apparently likewise the meaning of the same Hebrews word in 1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Kings 11:26, in both which passages, however, the A.V. regularly Anglicizes "Ephrathite." The narrative in Judges raises the inquiry whether the Ephraimites had not a peculiar accent orpatois, similar to that which in later times caused "the speech" of the Galilaeans to "betray" them to the inhabitants of Jerusalem ( Matthew 26:73).
