H673: אֶפְרָתִי
ʼEphrâthîy · pronounced ef-rawth-ee' · “Ephraimite”
Definition
an Ephrathite or an Ephraimite
KJV translates it as: Ephraimite, Ephrathite.
Word origin: patrial from H672 (אֶפְרָת);
Extended definition
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 <ref="Jdg.12.5">Jdg.12.5; <ref="1Ki.11.26">1Ki.11.26)
2) an inhabitant of Bethlehem (in <ref="Rut.1.1">Rut.1.1; <ref="1Sa.1.1">1Sa.1.1; <ref="1Sa.17.12">1Sa.17.12)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H673 is translated
- an ephrathite ×4
- ephrathites ×1
Bible verses with H673 (ʼEphrâthîy)
ʼephrâthîy appears in 5 verses.
- Judges 12:5
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
- Ruth 1:2
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- 1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
- 1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
- 1 Kings 11:26
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.