Ephraimite

[ ee-free-uh-mahyt, ee-fruh-mit ]

/ ˈi fri əˌmaɪt, ˈi frə mɪt /

a member of the tribe of Ephraim.

an inhabitant of the northern kingdom of Israel.

Also E·phra·i·mit·ic

[ee-free-uh-mit-ik, ee-fruh-mit-] /ˈi fri əˈmɪt ɪk, ˌi frəˈmɪt-/. of or relating to the tribe of Ephraim or the Ephraimites.

Origin of Ephraimite

First recorded in 1605–15; Ephraim + -ite¹

His father therefore could not have been Ahijah the prophet, who was an Ephraimite.

The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings |F. W. Farrar
In the formation of the kingdom of Israel, an Ephraimite was the first king.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 |Various
He alone possessed the needful courage and skill, and he was an Ephraimite.

History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6) |Heinrich Graetz
What had she to ask from the Ephraimite, whom she had forever refused?

Joshua, Complete |Georg Ebers

I had stumbled upon their shibboleth, and proclaimed myself an Ephraimite, and not of Gilead.

The Bible in Spain |George Borrow

Ephraimite

/ (ˈiːfreɪɪˌmaɪt) /

a member of the tribe of Ephraim