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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Strong's #672 - אֶפְרָתָה

Transliteration

ʼEphrâth

Phonetics

ef-rawth', ef-raw'-thaw

Origin

from (H6509)

Parts of Speech

proper feminine noun, proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Ephrath or Ephratah = "ash-heap: place of fruitfulness"
n pr loc
1. a place near Bethel where Rachel died and was buried
2. another name for Bethlehem
n pr f
1. wife of Caleb

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (10)

Genesis 4

Ruth 1

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Micah 1

BSB (10)

Genesis 4

Ruth 1

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Micah 1

CSB (10)

Genesis 4

Ruth 1

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Micah 1

ESV (10)

Genesis 4

Ruth 1

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Micah 1

KJV (10)

Genesis 4

Ruth 1

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Micah 1

LEB (10)

Genesis 4

Ruth 1

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Micah 1

LSB (10)

Genesis 4

Ruth 1

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Micah 1

N95 (9)

Genesis 4

Ruth 1

1 Chronicles 3

Micah 1

NAS (10)

Genesis 4

Ruth 1

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Micah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (10)

Genesis 4

Ruth 1

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 1

Micah 1

ASV (10)

ephrathah 1

in ephrathah 1

of ephrathah 2

of it in ephrathah 1

to ephrath 3

unto ephrath 1

unto him ephrath 1

BSB (10)

ephrath 1

ephrathah 1

from ephrath 2

in ephrathah 2

of ephrath 1

of ephrathah 1

to ephrath 2

CSB (10)

ephrath 5

ephrathah 3

ephrathah's 2

ESV (10)

ephrath 5

ephrathah 5

KJV (10)

ephratah 5

ephrath 5

LEB (10)

ephrath 1

ephrath (that is 1

ephrathah 3

in ephrathah 1

it in ephrathah 1

of ephrathah 1

to ephrath 2

LSB (10)

ephrath 5

ephrathah 5

N95 (9)

ephrath 5

ephrathah 4

NAS (10)

ephrath 5

ephrathah 5

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (10)

ephrathah 1

in ephrathah 1

of ephrathah 2

of it in ephrathah 1

to ephrath 4

to him ephrath 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֶפְרָ֫תָה proper name (see Sta^{§ 308d. 1; 342d. 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, feminineאֶפְרָת name given to wife of Caleb 1 Chronicles 2:19 = אֶפְרָתָ֑ח 1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 4:4.

List of Word Forms

אֶפְרָ֑תָה אֶפְרָ֔ת אֶפְרָ֔תָה אֶפְרָ֗תָה אפרת אפרתה בְּאֶפְרָ֔תָה בְאֶפְרָ֑תָה באפרתה ’ep̄·rā·ṯāh ’ep̄·rāṯ ’ep̄rāṯ ’ep̄rāṯāh bə’ep̄rāṯāh ḇə’ep̄rāṯāh bə·’ep̄·rā·ṯāh ḇə·’ep̄·rā·ṯāh beefRatah efRat efRatah veefRatah