Efrata
Deskripsi
Nama baik dari Betlehem itu sendiri atau dari sebuah distrik di mana Betlehem terletak. Seorang pria dari tempat ini disebut seorang Efratit ([Rut 1:2 ; 1Sam 17:12 ]). Banyak otoritas berpendapat bahwa Efrata tempat Rahel dimakamkan ([Kej 35:16 ; Kej 48:7 ]) adalah tempat yang berbeda, kata-kata "yang sama adalah Betlehem" adalah sebuah keterangan tambahan.
tautan
Peta
informasi dari kamus
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