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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #673 - אֶפְרָתִי

Transliteration

ʼEphrâthîy

Phonetics

ef-rawth-ee'

Origin

patrial form (H672)

Parts of Speech

proper adjective

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Ephrathite = "ashiness: fruitfulness"
1. an inhabitant or descendant of Ephraim
2. an inhabitant of Bethlehem

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Judges 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

BSB (5)

Judges 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

CSB (5)

Judges 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

ESV (4)

Judges 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

KJV (5)

Judges 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

LEB (4)

Judges 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

LSB (5)

Judges 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

N95 (5)

Judges 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

NAS (5)

Judges 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (4)

Judges 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֶפְרָתִי adjective, of a people Ephrathite.

1 Ephraimite, compare אֶפְרָתָה 1 Judges 12:5; 1 Samuel 1:1 (of ancestor of Elkanah) 1 Kings 11:26 (of Jeroboam)

2 from׳א 2; מִבֵּית לֶחֶם׳א 1 Samuel 17:12 (of Jesse); plural אֶפְרָתִיםמִבֵּית לֶחֶם Ruth 1:2.

אפת (meaning dubious √ whence Arabic calamity, & also wonder, portent; according to Thes Arabic √ = suffer evil). ** but Thes^{612. Add. 72} deletes אפת, and derives מוֺפֵת from √ פו׳׳, so Ba^{NB § 172 c}; see also, on as late by-form of , DBMacdonald^{JBL xiv (1895). 58 ff.}.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֶפְרָתִי m.

(1) an Ephrathite, or Bethlehemite, 1 Samuel 17:12. Pl. אֶפְרָתִים Ruth 1:2.

(2) an Ephraimite, Judges 12:5; 1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Kings 11:26.

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List of Word Forms

אֶפְרָתִ֔ים אֶפְרָתִ֜י אֶפְרָתִֽי׃ אפרתי אפרתי׃ אפרתים הַֽאֶפְרָתִ֥י האפרתי ’ep̄·rā·ṯî ’ep̄·rā·ṯîm ’ep̄rāṯî ’ep̄rāṯîm efraTi efraTim ha’ep̄rāṯî ha·’ep̄·rā·ṯî haefraTi