Ephratah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ephratah
     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).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ephratah, Ephrath, abundance; bearing fruit