STRONGS G2187:
Ἐφραίμ or (so R Tr)
Ἐφραΐμ [cf.
Ι, ι, at the end], (
א L H
Ἐφρέμ,
Vulg. Ephrem,
Efrem),
Ephraim, proper name of a city situated, according to Eusebius, eight [but edition Larsow and Parthey, p. 196, 18, twenty], according to Jerome twenty miles from Jerusalem; according to Josephus,
b. j. 4, 9, 9 not far from Bethel; conjectured by Robinson (Palest. i. 444f [cf. Bib. Sacr. for May 1845, p. 398f]), Ewald, and others, dissenting, to be the same as the village now called
et-Taiyibeh, a short day's journey
N. E. of Jerusalem:
John 11:54. Cf.
Winers RWB under the word; Keim, iii., p. 7f [English translation, v. 9; especially
Schürer, Gesch. i. 183].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's