Ἐφραίμ

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See also: Ἐφραΐμ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἐφραΐμ (Ephraḯm)

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִם (ʾep̄rāyim), אֶפְרַיִם (ʾep̄rayim).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰrǎi̯m/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰrɛm/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈɸrɛm/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈfrem/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈfrem/

Proper noun

Ἐφραίμ • (Ephraím) m (indeclinable)

Ephraim, son of Joseph.
Ephraim, a city mentioned in the New Testament.

Inflection

Declension of ὁ Ἐφραίμ; τοῦ Ἐφραίμ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐφραίμ ho Ephraím
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐφραίμ toû Ephraím
Dative	τῷ Ἐφραίμ tôi Ephraím
Accusative	τὸν Ἐφραίμ tòn Ephraím
Vocative	Ἐφραίμ Ephraím
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἐφραιμῑ́της (Ephraimī́tēs)

Descendants

Greek: Εφραίμ (Efraím)
→ Old Armenian: Եփրեմ (Epʻrem)

References

Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G2187 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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