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    Ephram

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    Hebrew
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Fruitful; Doubly fruitful
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Ephram does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Fruitful; Doubly fruitful", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Ephram.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    1880s (0.001% of births), currently steady
    Spiritual meaning
    Ephram is doubly fruitful — fruitful in affliction, abiding in the vine, bearing much fruit because the root holds.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Genesis 41:52

      "And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction."

    • John 15:5

      "I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit."

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