Ephraimite
E·phra·i·mite/ˈi.fɹi.əˌmaɪt/noun
Ephraimite is a noun meaning “An allegiant of the Israelite tribal patriarch Ephraim, a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-P-H-R-A-I-M-I-T-E and has 4 syllables (E·phra·i·mite), and it appears about once in every 87 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Ephraimite is Ephraimites.
What does Ephraimite mean?
noun
- 1
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Ephraimite?
- /ˈi.fɹi.əˌmaɪt/
- /ˈi.fɹeɪ.ɪˌmaɪt/
- /ˈi.fɹəˌmaɪt/
Ephraimite has 4 syllables, split E·phra·i·mite in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-JutishMale-Ephraimite.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Ephraimite
- Ephraimites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Ephraimite?
Ephraimite appears about once in every 87 million words in written English, the 297,763rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Ephraimite come from?
An adaptation of the Latin Ephraimītēs, Ephraimīta, from the Ancient Greek Ἐφραιμῑ́tης (Ephraimī́tēs), from Ἐφραίμ (Ephraím, “Ephraim”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “one connected to, a member of”). Equivalent to Ephraim + -ite.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).