Ἐφραίμ

See also: Ἐφραΐμ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἐφραΐμ (Ephraḯm)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰrǎi̯m/ → /eˈɸrɛm/ → /eˈfrem/

• (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)

1. Ephraim, son of Joseph.
2. 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