Ephrath

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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]

Or Ephratah

1. The second wife of Caleb, and mother of Hur,  1 Chronicles 2:19; supposed by some to have given her name to the city of Ephrath or Beth-lehem,  1 Chronicles 2:50,51   4:4 . Compare  Genesis 35:16,19 . Elimelech was an Ephrathite of Bethlehem,  Ruth 1:2   4:11; so also was David,  1 Samuel 17:12 .

2. A name of Ephraim and Ephreimites,  1 Samuel 1:1   1 Kings 11:26   Psalm 132:6 .

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [2]

Caleb's second wife, who was the mother of Hur,  1 Chronicles 2:19 . From her, it is believed that the city of Ephratah, otherwise called Bethlehem, where our Lord was born, had its name; and this city is more than once known in Scripture by the name of Ephrath,  Genesis 35:16 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]

Eph'rath. See Ephratah .

Holman Bible Dictionary [4]

Ephratah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [5]

(See Ephratah .)

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [6]

See Ephratah

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