Ephrathite

A written article for Ephrathite is still to come. Below and alongside: where Ephrathite appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

Original word

  • אֶפְרָתִי ephrathite, ephrathites, ephraimite
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Where Ephrathite appears in Scripture

Judges 12

וַיִּלְכֹּד גִּלְעָד אֶֽת-מַעְבְּרוֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן לְאֶפְרָיִם וְֽהָיָה כִּי יֹֽאמְרוּ פְּלִיטֵי אֶפְרַיִם אֶֽעֱבֹרָה וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ אַנְשֵֽׁי-גִלְעָד הַֽאֶפְרָתִי אַתָּה וַיֹּאמֶֽר׀ לֹֽא׃
5
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

Ruth 1

וְשֵׁם הָאִישׁ אֱֽלִימֶלֶךְ וְשֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ נָֽעֳמִי וְשֵׁם שְׁנֵֽי-בָנָיו׀ מַחְלוֹן וְכִלְיוֹן אֶפְרָתִים מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה וַיָּבֹאוּ שְׂדֵי-מוֹאָב וַיִּֽהְיוּ-שָֽׁם׃
2
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

1 Samuel 1

וַיְהִי אִישׁ אֶחָד מִן-הָרָֽמָתַיִם צוֹפִים מֵהַר אֶפְרָיִם וּשְׁמוֹ אֶלְקָנָה בֶּן-יְרֹחָם בֶּן-אֱלִיהוּא בֶּן-תֹּחוּ בֶן-צוּף אֶפְרָתִֽי׃
1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1 Samuel 17

וְדָוִד בֶּן-אִישׁ אֶפְרָתִי הַזֶּה מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה וּשְׁמוֹ יִשַׁי וְלוֹ שְׁמֹנָה בָנִים וְהָאִישׁ בִּימֵי שָׁאוּל זָקֵן בָּא בַֽאֲנָשִֽׁים׃
12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

1 Kings 11

וְיָֽרָבְעָם בֶּן-נְבָט אֶפְרָתִי מִן-הַצְּרֵדָה וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ צְרוּעָה אִשָּׁה אַלְמָנָה עֶבֶד לִשְׁלֹמֹה וַיָּרֶם יָד בַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
26
And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.