noun · masculine
efraim
GreekἘφραίμ (efraim)
Strong’sG2187
Ephraim
stem efraim-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἐφραίμ, (-ΐμ, Tr.)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2187 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidef-rah-im'
Ephraim, a place in Palestine
Fromof Hebrew origin ( or better );
King JamesEphraim.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | efraim | efraim |
| object accusative | efraim1×Ἐφραὶμ | efraim |
| direct address vocative | efraim | efraim |
| of, belonging to genitive | efraim | efraim |
| to, for dative | efraim | efraim |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
efraim“Ephraim”objectaccusative singular1×
John 11:54“Ephraim”Tos oun Iēsus ouketi parrēsia peripatate en toi Ioudaioi, alla aperchata ekeithen eis tan chōran engus tau erēmau, eis Efraim legirōtan politan, kakei menata meta toiu mathētoiu.As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.