This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
Definition
or אֶפְרָתָה; from H6509; fruitfulness; Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;
Traditional renderings: once (Psalm 132:6) perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman; Ephrath, Ephratah.
Traditional renderings: once (Psalm 132:6) perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman; Ephrath, Ephratah.
Glossary entries
Bethlehem Ephrath (Place) Bethlehemite Ephrathite Jashubi-lehem
Where it occurs
Occurrences
10 total
- Genesis 35:16אֶפְרָ֑תָה · from EphrathLater, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
- Genesis 35:19אֶפְרָ֔תָה · to EphrathSo Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
- Genesis 48:7 (2×)אֶפְרָ֑תָה · from Ephrath; אֶפְרָ֔ת · to EphrathNow as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way in the land of Canaan, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).
- Ruth 4:11בְּאֶפְרָ֔תָה · in Ephrathah“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
- 1 Chronicles 2:19אֶפְרָ֔ת · EphrathWhen Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:50אֶפְרָ֑תָה · of EphrathahThese were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
- 1 Chronicles 4:4אֶפְרָ֔תָה · of EphrathahPenuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
- Psalm 132:6בְאֶפְרָ֑תָה · in EphrathahWe heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
- Micah 5:2אֶפְרָ֗תָה · EphrathahBut you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.