◄ 672. Ephrath or Ephrathah ► |
Lexicon Ephrath or Ephrathah: an Israelite woman, also the name of several places in Palestine Original Word: אֶפְרָתPart of Speech: proper name; proper name, of a location; proper name, feminine Transliteration: Ephrath or Ephrathah Phonetic Spelling: (ef-rawth') Short Definition: Ephrath NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as apherDefinitionan Isr. woman, also the name of several places in Pal. NASB TranslationEphrath (5), Ephrathah (5).
Brown-Driver-Briggs אֶפְרָ֫תָה proper name (see Sta § 308 d. 1; 342 d. 2; Morgenl. Forsch. 215) — might in several cases, e.g. Genesis 35:16, be אֶפְרָת + ה locative, but see Ruth 4:11; — 1. proper name, of a location place near Bethel, where Rachel died & was buried Genesis 35:16,19; Genesis 48:7 (אֶפְרָת only Genesis 48:7 where ה perhaps dropped on accusative of ה following (Ol); in last two passages הוא בית לחם is a gloss, see Di; compare 1 Samuel 10:2). 2 id., a name of Bethlehem Micah 5:1; Ruth 4:11; compare perhaps כָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָ֑ה 1 Chronicles 2:24 (ᵐ5 ἦλθεν Ξαλὲβ εἰς Ἐφράθα). 3 id. Psalm 132:6, perhaps applied to district where Kirjath Jearim lay, on the border of Judah & Benjamin, compare De Che. 4. proper name, feminine אֶפְרָת name given to wife of Caleb 1 Chronicles 2:19 = אֶפְרָתָ֑ח 1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 4:4.
Strong's Ephrath, Ephratah Or mephrathah {ef-raw'-thaw}; from parah; fruitfulness; Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem; once (Psa. 132:6) perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman -- Ephrath, Ephratah. see HEBREW parah |
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