Ephraim
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7.7
- proper noun
- /ˈiːfreɪəm/
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Efraín
- Hi, my name is Ephraim.
It's not like the big mating ceremony, but it's like a little party for Celestina and Ephraim.
- It's not like the big mating ceremony, but it's like a little party for Celestina and Ephraim.
- And he probably thought that Ephraim is trying to entrap him into something in order to get a reduction on his sentence.
- You know, one thing I'll, I'll give Ephraim is that he, he was, he was obsessed.
Examples
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- This is my friend, Ephraim.
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In 1923, a collector named Ephraim Pectol found three buffalo-hide shields in a cave near Capitol Reef National Park in southern Utah.
Academic text (2005) -
I am the grandson of Ephraim Black.
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We have to get to Ephraim before the preacher.
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The middle one, Ephraim, is a mathematician and father to three wonderful little ones, our grandchildren.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ephraim Platt, though a man of sentiment, was also a man of purpose.
Fiction book (1994) -
So? A Miss Patricia Christensen from Ephraim, Utah, had written him a letter.
Fiction book (1990) -
The postmark was Ephraim, Utah, a community in Sanpete County not far from Price, where he had lived.
Fiction book (1990) -
Joseph's younger son Ephraim takes precedence over the elder Manasseh.
Academic text (1992) -
Hi, my name is Ephraim.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ephraim is a Hebrew name that comes from the root parah, which means 'to be fruitful'. In the Bible Joseph named his son Ephraim because he felt God had made him 'fruitful', so you can remember the name by thinking of 'fruit' or being productive.