# H672 אֶפְרָת

אֶפְרָת (ʼEphrâth), Strong’s H672: Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem; KJV: once (Psalm 132:6) perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman; Ephrath, Ephratah.. Occurs 10 times.

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*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](https://besorah.bible/word/H6509) (to bear fruit)

Occurs 10 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=16) — They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
- [Genesis 35:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=19) — Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (also called Bethlehem).
- [Genesis 48:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/5?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/132?v=6) — Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.
- [Ruth 4:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ruth/4?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/2?v=19) — Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
- [1 Chronicles 2:50](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/4?v=4) — Penuel was the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah…