Ephraimite

Meaning

Noun

• An allegiant of the Israelite tribal patriarch Ephraim, a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.

Origin

• An adaptation of the Latin Ephraimītēs, Ephraimīta, from the Ancient Greek Ἐφραιμίτης, from Ἐφραίμ + -ῑ́της. Equivalent to Ephraim + -ite.