Efrat
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Navnet enten på selve Betlehem eller på et distrikt, hvor Betlehem lå. En mand fra dette sted blev kaldt en Efratit ([Rut 1:2 ; 1Sam 17:12 ]). Det holdes af mange autoriteter, at Efrat, hvor Rakel blev begravet ([1Mos 35:16 ; 1Mos 48:7 ]), var et andet sted, ordene "det samme er Betlehem" er en tilføjelse.
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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 (1Chr 2:19; 2:50).
(2.) The ancient name of Bethlehem in Judah (Gen 35:16; 35:19; 48:7). In (Ruth 1:2) it is called "Bethlehem-Judah," but the inhabitants are called "Ephrathites;" in (Mic 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" [(1Sam 7:1 ); comp. (2Sam 6:3 ; 6:4)].
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary