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Ephraimite

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Members of the tribe of Ephraim (Judg. 12:5⁵And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; (Judges 12:5)). Sometimes Ephrathites.

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the tribe of Ephraim (Judg. 12:4-5⁴Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. ⁵And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; (Judges 12:4‑5)). See EPHRATHITE.