אֶפְרָ֫תָה

eph.ra.tahEphrathah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a woman10 occurrences5 books9 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Ephrathah: A wife of Caleb and founder of Bethlehem
  • Bethlehem: City of David's birth and Jesus' birth

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.

Glossary entries

Bethlehem Ephrath (Place) Bethlehemite Ephrathite Jashubi-lehem

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

10 total
  1. Genesis 35:16אֶפְרָ֑תָה · from Ephrath
    Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
  2. Genesis 35:19אֶפְרָ֔תָה · to Ephrath
    So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
  3. Genesis 48:7 (2×)אֶפְרָ֑תָה · from Ephrath; אֶפְרָ֔ת · to Ephrath
    Now 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).
  4. 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.
  5. 1 Chronicles 2:19אֶפְרָ֔ת · Ephrath
    When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.
  6. 1 Chronicles 2:50אֶפְרָ֑תָה · of Ephrathah
    These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
  7. 1 Chronicles 4:4אֶפְרָ֔תָה · of Ephrathah
    Penuel 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.
  8. Psalm 132:6בְאֶפְרָ֑תָה · in Ephrathah
    We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
  9. Micah 5:2אֶפְרָ֗תָה · Ephrathah
    But 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.