efrati · Ephraimite, Ephrathite

What it means

efrati (אֶפְרָתִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ephraimite, Ephrathite”.

Ephraimite, of the tribe of Ephraim. The same Hebrew word is used elsewhere for "Ephrathite," one from Ephrathah, that is, from Bethlehem (Ruth 1:2).

How to say it

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.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Of the tribe of Joseph's younger son.
2. From the old name of Bethlehem.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• Ephraimite ×3
• Ephrathite ×1
• Ephrathites ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Judges×1
• Ruth×1
• 1 Samuel×2
• 1 Kings×1

• Judges 12:5

  Gilead took the fords of the Jordan against Ephraim; and it would happen that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me cross,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” And he would say, “No.”

• Ruth 1:2

  The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judah. They came into the fields of Moab and stayed there.

• 1 Samuel 1:1

  There was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

• 1 Samuel 17:12

  Now David was the son of that Ephrathite man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons; and the man in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years among men.

• 1 Kings 11:26

  And Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah — and the name of his mother was Zeruah, a widow — a servant of Solomon, lifted up his hand against the king.