Category:Ephraim

E"phra*im, n. Etym: [The proper name.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Ephraim - Double fruitfulness ("for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction"). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Genesis 41:52; Genesis 46:20). The first incident recorded regarding him is his being placed, along with his brother Manasseh, before their grandfather, Jacob, that he might bless them (Genesis 48:10; compare Genesis 27:1). The intention of Joseph was that the right hand of the aged patriarch should be placed on the head of the elder of the two; but Jacob set Ephraim the younger before his brother, "guiding his hands wittingly." Before Joseph's death, Ephraim's family had reached the third generation (Genesis 50:23).