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EPHRAIM @

(1) Son of Joseph- kjv@Genesis:41:52; kjv@Genesis:48:5,14; kjv@1Chronicles:7:20

(2) Tribe of- kjv@Numbers:1:33; kjv@Deuteronomy:33:17; kjv@Joshua:16:5; kjv@Judges:1:22; kjv@Judges:8:1; kjv@Judges:12:1; kjv@2Samuel:2:9 kjv@2Chronicles:15:9; kjv@2Chronicles:28:7; kjv@Isaiah:11:13

(3) Town of- kjv@2Samuel:13:23; kjv@2Chronicles:13:19; kjv@John:11:54

(4) A Gate of Jerusalem- kjv@2Kings:14:13; kjv@Nehemiah:8:16; kjv@Nehemiah:12:39

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EPHRAIM - E>@ - (double fruitfulness), the second son of Joseph by his wife Asenath. (B.C. 1715-1708.) The first indication we have of that ascendancy over his elder brother Manasseh which at a later period the tribe of Ephraim so unmistakably possessed is in the blessing of the children by Jacob. kjv@Genesis:48:1) ...

EPHRAIM - E>@ - that portion of Canaan named after Joseph’s second son. kjv@Genesis:41:50-52) The boundaries of the portion of Ephraim are given in kjv@Joshua:16:1-10) The south boundary was coincident for part of its length with the north boundary of Benjamin. It extended from the Jordan on the east, at the reach opposite Jericho, to the Mediterranean on the west, probably about Joppa. On the north of Ephraim and Manasseh were the tribes of Asher, Zebulun and Issachar. The territory thus allotted to the "house of Joseph" may be roughly estimated at 55 miles from east to west by 70 from north to south. It was one at once of great richness and great security. Its fertile plains and well-watered valleys could only be reached by a laborious ascent through steep and narrow ravines, all but impassable for an army. Under Joshua the tribe must have taken a high position in the nation, to judge from the tone which the Ephraimites assumed on occasions shortly subsequent to the conquest. After the revolt of Jeroboam the history of Ephraim is the history of the kingdom of Israel, since not only did the tribe become a kingdom, but the kingdom embraced little besides the tribe.

EPHRAIM - E>@ - In "Baal-hazor which is by Ephraim" was Absalom’s sheepfarm, at which took place the murder of Amnon, one of the earliest precursors of the great revolt. (2 Samuel 13:23) There is no clue to its situation.

EPHRAIM - E>@ - a city "in the district near the wilderness" to which our Lord retired with his disciples when threatened with violence by the priests. kjv@John:11:54)

EPHRAIM, GATE OF - E>@ - one of the gates of the city of Jerusalem, ( kjv@2Kings:14:13; kjv@2Chronicles:25:23; kjv@Nehemiah:8:16 kjv@Nehemiah:12:39) probably at or near the position of the present "Damascus gate."

EPHRAIM, MOUNT - E>@ - is a district which seems to extend as far south as Ramah and Bethel, ( kjv@1Samuel:1:1 kjv@1Samuel:7:17; kjv@2Chronicles:13:4 kjv@2Chronicles:13:19) compared with kjv@2Chronicals:15:8 Places but a few miles north of Jerusalem, and within the limits of Benjamin.

EPHRAIM, THE WOOD OF - E>@ - a wood, or rather a forest, on the east of Jordan, in which the fatal battle was fought between the armies of David and of Absalom. (2 Samuel 18:6)

EPHRAIMITE - E>@ - Of the tribe of Ephraim; elsewhere called "Ephrathite." kjv@Judges:12:5)

easton:

Ephraim @ double fruitfulness ("for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction"). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt kjv@Genesis:41:52 kjv@Genesis:46:20). The first incident recorded regarding him is his being placed, along with his brother Manasseh, before their grandfather, Jacob, that he might bless them (48:10; comp. 27:1). The intention of Joseph was that the right hand of the aged patriarch should be placed on the head of the elder of the two; but Jacob set Ephraim the younger before his brother, "guiding his hands wittingly." Before Joseph's death, Ephraim's family had reached the third generation kjv@Genesis:50:23).

Ephraim in the wilderness @ kjv@John:11:54), a town to which our Lord retired with his disciples after he had raised Lazarus, and when the priests were conspiring against him. It lay in the wild, uncultivated hill-country to the north-east of Jerusalem, betwen the central towns and the Jordan valley.

Ephraim, Gate of @ one of the gates of Jerusalem ( kjv@2Kings:14:13; kjv@2Chronicals:25:23), on the side of the city looking toward Ephraim, the north side.

Ephraim, Mount @ the central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the tribe of Ephraim kjv@Joshua:17:15 kjv@Joshua:19:50 kjv@Joshua:20:7 ), extending from Bethel to the plain of Jezreel. In Joshua's time kjv@Joshua:17:18) these hills were densely wooded. They were intersected by well-watered, fertile valleys, referred to in kjv@Jeremiah:50:19. Joshua was buried at Timnath-heres among the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash kjv@Judges:2:9). This region is also called the "mountains of Israel" kjv@Joshua:11:21) and the "mountains of Samaria" kjv@Jeremiah:31:5-6: kjv@Amos:3:9).

Ephraim, The tribe of @ took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob's blessing kjv@Genesis:41:52 kjv@Genesis:48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the founder of only one tribe. Thus there were in reality thirteen tribes; but the number twelve was preserved by excluding that of Levi when Ephraim and Manasseh are mentioned separately kjv@Numbers:1:32-34; kjv@Joshua:17:14 kjv@Joshua:17:17 kjv@1Chronicles:7:20). Territory of. At the time of the first census in the wilderness this tribe numbered 40,500 kjv@Numbers:1:32-33); forty years later, when about to take possession of the Promised Land, it numbered only 32,500. During the march (see CAMP) Ephraim's place was on the west side of the tabernacle kjv@Numbers:2:18-24). When the spies were sent out to spy the land, "Oshea the son of Nun" of this tribe signalized himself. The boundaries of the portion of the land assigned to Ephraim are given in kjv@Joshua:16:1-10. It included most of what was afterwards called Samaria as distinguished from Judea and Galilee. It thus lay in the centre of all traffic, from north to south, and from Jordan to the sea, and was about 55 miles long and 30 broad. The tabernacle and the ark were deposited within its limits at Shiloh, where it remained for four hundred years. During the time of the judges and the first stage of the monarchy this tribe manifested a domineering and haughty and discontented spirit. "For more than five hundred years, a period equal to that which elapsed between the Norman Conquest and the War of the Roses, Ephraim, with its two dependent tribes of Manasseh and Benjamin, exercised undisputed pre-eminence. Joshua the first conqueror, Gideon the greatest of the judges, and Saul the first king, belonged to one or other of the three tribes. It was not till the close of the first period of Jewish history that God 'refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim, but chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which he loved' kjv@Psalms:78:67-68). When the ark was removed from Shiloh to Zion the power of Ephraim was humbled." Among the causes which operated to bring about the disruption of Israel was Ephraim's jealousy of the growing power of Judah. From the settlement of Canaan till the time of David and Solomon, Ephraim had held the place of honour among the tribes. It occupied the central and fairest portions of the land, and had Shiloh and Shechem within its borders. But now when Jerusalem became the capital of the kingdom, and the centre of power and worship for the whole nation of Israel, Ephraim declined in influence. The discontent came to a crisis by Rehoboam's refusal to grant certain redresses that were demanded (kjvKings:12).

Ephraim, Wood of @ a forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was killed there ( kjv@2Samuel:18:6-8). It lay on the east of Jordan, not far from Mahanaim, and was some part of the great forest of Gilead.

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Ephraim, Tribe Of @ Descended from Joseph's second son adopted by Jacob kjv@Genesis:41:52 kjv@Genesis:48:5
Predictions respecting kjv@Genesis:48:20 kjv@Deuteronomy:33:13-17
Persons selected from
To number the people kjv@Numbers:1:10
To spy out the land kjv@Numbers:13:8
To divide the land kjv@Numbers:34:24
Strength of, on leaving Egypt kjv@Numbers:1:32 kjv@Numbers:1:33
Led the third division of Israel kjv@Numbers:10:22
Encamped west of the tabernacle kjv@Numbers:2:18
Offering of, at the dedication kjv@Numbers:7:48-53
Families of kjv@Numbers:26:35 kjv@Numbers:26:36
Strength of, on entering Canaan kjv@Numbers:26:37
On Gerizim, said amen to blessings kjv@Deuteronomy:27:12
Bounds of its inheritance kjv@Joshua:16:5-9
Could not drive out the Canaanites but made them tributary kjv@Joshua:16:10 kjv@Judges:1:29
Assisted
Manasseh in taking Bethel kjv@Judges:1:22-25
Deborah and Barak against Sisera kjv@Judges:5:14
Gideon against Midian kjv@Judges:7:24 kjv@Judges:7:25
Remonstrated with Gideon for not calling them sooner against Midian kjv@Judges:8:1-3
Quarrelled with Jephthah for not seeking their aid against Ammon kjv@Judges:12:1-4
Defeated and many slain kjv@Judges:12:5 kjv@Judges:12:6
Some of, at coronation of David kjv@1Chronicles:12:30
Officers appointed over, by David kjv@1Chronicles:27:10 kjv@1Chronicles:27:20
The leading tribe of the kingdom of Israel kjv@Isaiah:7:2-17 kjv@Jeremiah:31:9 kjv@Jeremiah:31:20
Many of, joined Judah under Asa kjv@2Chronicles:15:9
Many of, joined in Hezekiah's passover and reformation kjv@2Chronicles:30:18 kjv@2Chronicles:31:1
The tabernacle continued a long time in Shiloh, a city of kjv@Joshua:18:1 kjv@Joshua:19:51
One of Jeroboam's calves set up in Bethel, a city of kjv@1Kings:12:29
Remarkable persons of
Joshua kjv@Numbers:13:8 kjv@Joshua:1:1
Abdon kjv@Judges:12:13-15
Zichri kjv@2Chronicles:28:7

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EPHRAIM @

-1. Second son of Joseph kjv@Genesis:41:52 .Adopted by Jacob kjv@Genesis:48:5 .Blessed before Manasseh; prophecies concerning kjv@Genesis:48:14-20 .Descendants of kjv@Numbers:26:35-37; kjv@1Chronicles:7:20-27 .Mourned for his sons kjv@1Chronicles:7:21-22

-2. A tribe of Israel .Prophecy concerning kjv@Genesis:49:25-26; kjv@Isaiah:7; Genesis:9:18-21; kjv@Genesis:11:13; kjv@Genesis:28:1; kjv@Jeremiah:31; Hosea:5:14; kjv@Zechariah:9:10; kjv@Zechariah:10:7 .Numbered at Mount Sinai and in plains of Moab kjv@Numbers:1:33; kjv@Numbers:26:37 .Position in camp and march kjv@Numbers:2:18 kjv@Numbers:2:24 kjv@Numbers:10:22 .Blessed by Moses kjv@Deuteronomy:33:13-17 .Territory allotted to, after the conquest of Canaan kjv@Deuteronomy:17:9 kjv@Deuteronomy:17:Joshua:16:5-9; 10, 15-18; kjv@1Chronicles:7:28-29 .Failed to expel the Canaanites kjv@Joshua:16:10 .Captured Beth-el in battle kjv@Judges:1:22-25 .Rebuked Gideon for not summoning them to join the war against the Midianites kjv@Judges:8:1 .Joined Gideon against the Midianites kjv@Judges:7:24-25 .Their jealousy of Jephthah kjv@Judges:12:1 .Defeated by him kjv@Judges:12:4-6 .Received Ish-bosheth as king kjv@2Samuel:2:9 .Jeroboam set up a golden calf in Beth-el kjv@1Kings:12:29 .Revolted from house of David kjv@1Kings:12:25; kjv@2Chronicles:10:16 .Some of tribe joined Judah under Asa kjv@2Chronicles:15:9 .Chastised Ahaz and Judah kjv@2Chronicles:28:7 .Joined Hezekiah in reinstituting the Passover kjv@2Chronicles:30:18 .Joined in the destruction of idolatrous forms in Jerusalem kjv@2Chronicles:31:1 .Submitted to the scepter of Josiah kjv@2Chronicles:34:1-6 .Envied by other tribes kjv@Isaiah:11:13; kjv@Jeremiah:7:15; kjv@Ezekiel:37:16 kjv@Ezekiel:37:19 kjv@Hosea:13:1 .Worshiped Baal kjv@Hosea:13:1 .Sin of, remembered by God kjv@Hosea:13:12 .Reallotment of territory, to, by Ezekiel kjv@Ezekiel:48:5 .Name of, applied to the ten tribes kjv@2Chronicles:17:2; kjv@2Chronicles:25:6-7; kjv@Isaiah:7:8-9; kjv@Isaiah:11:12-13; kjv@Isaiah:17:3; kjv@Jeremiah:31:18-20; kjv@Hosea:4:17; kjv@Hosea:5:3-5; kjv@Hosea:6:4 kjv@Hosea:6:10 kjv@Hosea:8:11; kjv@Hosea:12:14 .Tribe of, called JOSEPH kjv@Revelation:7:8

-3. Mount of .A range of low mountains kjv@Joshua:17:15-18 .Joshua has his inheritance in kjv@Judges:2:9 .Residence of Micah kjv@Judges:17:8 .A place of hiding for Israelites kjv@1Samuel:14:22 .Sheba resides in kjv@2Samuel:20:21 .Noted for rich pastures kjv@Jeremiah:50:19 .Prophecy concerning its conversion kjv@Jeremiah:31:6

-4. A forest east of the Jordan River .Absalom killed in kjv@2Samuel:18:6-17

-5. A gate of Jerusalem kjv@2Kings:14:13; kjv@2Chronicles:25:23; kjv@Nehemiah:8:16; kjv@Nehemiah:12:39

-6. A city in the territory of Ephraim kjv@2Chronicles:13:19 .Jesus escapes to, from the persecution of Caiaphas kjv@John:11:54

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kjv@STRING:Ephraim <HITCHCOCK>@ fruitful; increasing - HITCHCOCK-E

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H669 <STRHEB>@ אפרים 'ephrayim ef-rah'-yim Dual of a masculine form of H672; double fruit; {Ephrajim} a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from {him} and its territory: - Ephraim Ephraimites

H672 <STRHEB>@ אפרתה אפרת 'ephrâth 'ephrâthâh {ef-rawth'} ef-raw'-thaw From H6509; fruitfulness; {Ephrath} another name for Bethlehem; once used in perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman: - {Ephrath} Ephratah.

H673 <STRHEB>@ אפרתי 'ephrâthîy ef-rawth-ee' Patrial from H672; an Ephrathite or an Ephraimite: - {Ephraimite} Ephrathite.

G2187 <STRGRK>@ Ἐφραΐ́μ Ephraim ef-rah-im' Of Hebrew origin ([H669] or better [H6085]); Ephraim a place in Palestine: - Ephraim.