Efrata
Kuvaus
Betlehemin tai alueen, jossa Betlehem sijaitsi, nimi. Tämän paikan miestä kutsuttiin Efrattilaiseksi [Ruut 1:2 ; 1Sam 17:12 ]. Monet auktoriteetit uskovat, että Efrata, johon Raakel haudattiin [1Moos 35:16 ; 1Moos 48:7 ], oli eri paikka, ja sanat "se on Betlehem" ovat lisäys.
linkit
Kartta
tietoa sanakirjasta
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