Ephraimite

[ee-free-uh-mahyt, ee-fruh-mit]

noun

a member of the tribe of Ephraim.
an inhabitant of the northern kingdom of Israel.

adjective

Also E·phra·i·mit·ic [ee-free-uh-mit-ik, ee-fruh-mit-] /ˈi fri əˈmɪt ɪk, ˌi frəˈmɪt-/. of or relating to the tribe of Ephraim or the Ephraimites.

Origin of Ephraimite

First recorded in 1605–15; Ephraim + -ite¹

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Historical Examples of ephraimite

What had she to ask from the Ephraimite, whom she had forever refused?
Joshua, Complete
Georg Ebers
His father therefore could not have been Ahijah the prophet, who was an Ephraimite.
The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings
F. W. Farrar
He alone possessed the needful courage and skill, and he was an Ephraimite.
History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6)
Heinrich Graetz
I had stumbled upon their shibboleth, and proclaimed myself an Ephraimite, and not of Gilead.
The Bible in Spain
George Borrow
In the formation of the kingdom of Israel, an Ephraimite was the first king.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
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British Dictionary definitions for ephraimite

Ephraimite

noun

a member of the tribe of Ephraim

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