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אֶפְרָת

efrat · Ephrath

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H672 · appears 10 times in the Bible

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What it means

efrat (אֶפְרָת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ephrath”.

An old name of Bethlehem and its district.

How to say it

ef·rat

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • Ephrath ×5
  • Ephrathah ×5

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Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 35:16

    They set out from Bethel, and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel went into labor, and her labor was hard.

  • Genesis 35:19

    So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

  • Genesis 48:7

    As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died on me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is Bethlehem.”

  • Ruth 4:11

    And all the people who were at the gate and the elders said, “Witnesses. May YHWH make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and like Leah, the two who built the house of Israel. Act with worth in Ephrathah and have renown in Bethlehem.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:19

    And Azubah died, and Caleb took for himself Ephrath, and she bore him Hur.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:50

    These were the sons of Caleb. The son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

  • 1 Chronicles 4:4

    And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

  • Psalms 132:6

    Look, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

  • Micah 5:2

    But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, small to be among the thousands of Judah, from you one will come out for me to be ruler in Israel, and his goings out are from of old, from the days of long ago.

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