Ἐφραίμ
Ephraim
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Ephraim
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Ephraim names the town near the wilderness where Jesus stayed with his disciples.
The attested use identifies Ephraim as the town near the wilderness to which Jesus departed and where he remained with his disciples.
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A town near the wilderness · dominant
In John 11:54, the accusative singular masculine form occurs after Jesus departed to the country near the wilderness, identifying the town where he stayed with the disciples. The APB renders the clause as going "to a town called Ephraim."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In John 11:54, the APB presents it in the phrase "a town called Ephraim." The verse is read as a whole, but the verse portrays the term as the destination and place of Jesus' stay.