H0673G

אֶפְרָתִי

eph.ra.tiN:N--PG

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) 2) an inhabitant of Bethlehem (in Rut.1.1; 1Sa.1.1; 1Sa.17.12)

The KJV translates H0673 in the following manner:

Ephrathite (6x), Ephraimite (2x), Ephrathites (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אֶפְרָתִי adjective, of a people Ephrathite.

1. Ephraimite, compare אֶפְרָתָה

1. Judg 12:5; 1Sam 1:1 (of ancestor of Elkanah) 1Kgs 11:26 (of Jeroboam)

2. from ׳א 2; מִבֵּית לֶחֶם ׳א 1Sam 17:12 (of Jesse); plural אֶפְרָתִים מִבֵּית לֶחֶם Ruth 1:2.

2 occurrences

Judges (1), I Kings (1)