Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.
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- proper noun younger son of
Joseph , eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes ofIsrael - proper noun a male
given name - proper noun A hunter's name for the
grizzly bear .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She shut the box and tied it off with string, then wrote the name Ephraim Nakasa along the side with a pencil attached to the table by a string.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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She shut the box and tied it off with string, then wrote the name Ephraim Nakasa along the side with a pencil attached to the table by a string.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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The name Ephraim is derived from fruitfulness, Gen. xli.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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And the name of the second he called Ephraim, for God has made me fruitful in the land of my misery.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Dan and Beth-el in Ephraim were the two places where Jeroboam set up the idolatrous calves (1Ki 12: 29); just retribution.
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Ephraim is here addressed as foremost in idolatry.
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Ephraim is here charged with conforming to the nations (ver. 8), senselessness and stupidity under the judgments of
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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I. Ephraim is convicted of folly, in staying himself upon Egypt and
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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They are doing that, every day, which will be remembered against them another day (v. 12): The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up, and his sin is hid; God took notice of it, kept it upon record, and will produce it against him and reckon with him for it afterwards.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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No means should be used to bring them to repentance (v. 17): Ephraim is joined to idols, is in love with them and addicted to them, and therefore let him alone, as v. 4, Let no man reprove him.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
hernesheir commented on the word Ephraim
A hunter's name for the grizzly bear, chained_bear.
December 6, 2010