אֶפְרָת
ʼEphrâth · ef-rawth'
Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;
Lexicon
Derivation: or אֶפְרָתָה; from H6509 (פָּרָה); fruitfulness;
Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: once (Psalm 132:6) perhaps for Ephraim; also of an Israelitish woman; Ephrath, Ephratah.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶפְרָת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to ephrath2 · 20%
- of ephratah2 · 20%
- unto ephrath1 · 10%
- of ephrath1 · 10%
- in ephratah1 · 10%
- unto him ephrath1 · 10%
- of it at ephratah1 · 10%
- ephratah1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.