Topic
Ephratah
14 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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- Genesis 35:16Easton · Nave 1. Also called EPHRATH — The ancient name of Beth-lehem-judah
¶ And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
- Genesis 35:19Easton · Nave 1. Also called EPHRATH — The ancient name of Beth-lehem-judah
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
- Genesis 48:7Easton · Nave 1. Also called EPHRATH — The ancient name of Beth-lehem-judah
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem.
- 1 Chronicles 2:19Easton · Nave 2. Second wife of Caleb, mother of Hur
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:50Easton · Nave 2. Second wife of Caleb, mother of Hur
¶ These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
- Psalms 132:6Easton · Nave 1. Also called EPHRATH — The ancient name of Beth-lehem-judah
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
- Micah 5:2Easton · Nave 1. Also called EPHRATH — The ancient name of Beth-lehem-judah
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
- Ruth 1:2Easton
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- Ruth 4:11Nave 1. Also called EPHRATH — The ancient name of Beth-lehem-judah
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in…
- 1 Samuel 7:1Easton
And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 6:3Easton
And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
- 2 Samuel 6:4Easton
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
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- 1 Chronicles 4:4 Nave 2. Second wife of Caleb, mother of Hur
- Matthew 2:6 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 12 references
Fruitful. (1.) The second wife of Caleb, the son of Hezron, mother of Hur, and grandmother of Caleb, who was one of those that were sent to spy the land (1 Chr. 2:19, 50).
(2.) The ancient name of Bethlehem in Judah (Gen. 35:16, 19; 48:7). In Ruth 1:2 it is called “Bethlehem-Judah,” but the inhabitants are called “Ephrathites;” in Micah 5:2, “Bethlehem-Ephratah;” in Matt. 2:6, “Bethlehem in the land of Judah.” In Ps. 132:6 it is mentioned as the place where David spent his youth, and where he heard much of the ark, although he never saw it till he found it long afterwards at Kirjath-jearim; i.e., the “city of the wood,” or the “forest-town” (1 Sam. 7:1; comp. 2 Sam. 6:3, 4).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.