Ephraim

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Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Scripts אֶףְרָיִם(Hebrew) Ἐφραίμ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈif.ɹi.əm/(English) /ˈif.ɹəm/(English)

Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name אֶףְרָיִם (ʾEfrayim) meaning "fruitful". In the Old Testament Ephraim is a son of Joseph and Asenath and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This name was also borne by two early saints: Ephraim or Ephrem the Syrian, a 4th-century theologian, and Ephraim of Antioch, a 6th-century patriarch of Antioch.