in Ancient Geography, one of the divisions of Palestine by tribes: Ephraim and the half-tribe of Manasseh are blended together by the sacred writer, and it only appears that Ephraim occupied the more southern, and the half tribe of Manasseh the more northern parts, but both seem to have extended from the Jordan to the sea. Ephraim also denotes a kingdom, on the separation of the 10 tribes from the house of David, called also the kingdom of Israel and Samaria.