H672 אֶפְרָת
ʼEphrâth — Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;
KJV: once (Psalm 132:6) perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman; Ephrath, Ephratah.
Derived from פָּרָה pârâh (to bear fruit)
Occurs 10 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֶפְרָ֫תָה n.pr.
- 1 n. pr. loc. place near Bethel, where Rachel died & was buried
- 2 id., a name of Bethlehem
- 3 id., perh. applied to district where Kitjath Jearim lay, on the border of Judah & Benjamin
- 4 n. pr. f. name given to wife of Caleb
Where it occurs
- Genesis 35:16 — They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
- Genesis 35:19 — Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).
- Genesis 48:7 — As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some…
- Micah 5:1 — But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be…
- Psalms 132:6 — Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.
- Ruth 4:11 — All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who has come…
- 1 Chronicles 2:19 — Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:50 — These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
- 1 Chronicles 4:4 — Penuel was the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah…