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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #673 - אֶפְרָתִי
Transliteration
ʼEphrâthîy
Phonetics
ef-rawth-ee'
Root Word (Etymology)
patrial form (H672)
Parts of Speech
proper adjective
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Ephrathite = “ashiness: fruitfulness”
1) an inhabitant or descendant of Ephraim
2) an inhabitant of Bethlehem
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (5)
Judges
1
Ruth
1
1 Samuel
2
1 Kings
1
NAS (5)
Judges
1
Ruth
1
1 Samuel
2
1 Kings
1
HCS (5)
Judges
1
Ruth
1
1 Samuel
2
1 Kings
1
BSB (5)
Judges
1
Ruth
1
1 Samuel
2
1 Kings
1
ESV (4)
Judges
1
Ruth
1
1 Samuel
1
1 Kings
1
WEB (4)
Judges
1
Ruth
1
1 Samuel
1
1 Kings
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
אֶפְרָתִי adjective, of a people Ephrathite.
1 Ephraimite, compare אֶפְרָתָה 1 Judges 12:5; 1 Samuel 1:1 (of ancestor of Elkanah) 1 Kings 11:26 (of Jeroboam)
2 from׳א 2; מִבֵּית לֶחֶם׳א 1 Samuel 17:12 (of Jesse); plural אֶפְרָתִיםמִבֵּית לֶחֶם Ruth 1:2.
אפת (meaning dubious √ whence Arabic 
calamity, & also wonder, portent; according to Thes Arabic √ = 
suffer evil). ** but Thes612. Add. 72 deletes אפת, and derives מוֺפֵת from √ פו׳׳, so Ba NB § 172 c; see also, on 
as late by-form of 
, DBMacdonald JBL xiv (1895). 58 ff..
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
אֶפְרָתִי m.
(1) an Ephrathite, or Bethlehemite, 1 Samuel 17:12. Pl. אֶפְרָתִים Ruth 1:2.
(2) an Ephraimite, Judges 12:5; 1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Kings 11:26.
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List of Word Forms
אֶפְרָתִ֔ים אֶפְרָתִ֜י אֶפְרָתִֽי׃ אפרתי אפרתי׃ אפרתים הַֽאֶפְרָתִ֥י האפרתי ’ep̄·rā·ṯî ’ep̄·rā·ṯîm ’ep̄rāṯî ’ep̄rāṯîm efraTi efraTim ha’ep̄rāṯî ha·’ep̄·rā·ṯî haefraTi
