Eph'ratah. (fruitful).
1. Second wife of Caleb, the son of Hezron, mother of Hur and grandmother of Caleb, the spy, according to 1 Chronicles 2:19; 1 Chronicles 2:50 and probably 1 Chronicles 2:24 and 1 Chronicles 4:4. (B.C. 1695).
2. The ancient name of Bethlehem-judah. Genesis 35:16; Genesis 35:19; Genesis 48:7.
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