Bible Location

Ephrath

3 cross references · Modern-day map available

Ephrath is the older or poetic form associated with Bethlehem and the surrounding district. It is important because it preserves the older place-name tradition behind one of the Bible's most significant towns. First appears in Gen 35:16.1

Coordinates

31.71, 35.21

First appears

Gen 35:16

AI summary: Ephrath matters because it helps connect later Bethlehem traditions to older naming layers in the land. The name carries strong associations with ancestry, burial memory, and the district that would later be central to Davidic and messianic hopes. The cross references present Ephrath as an older regional name bound up with Bethlehem's enduring significance.1

Latitude

31.71

Longitude

35.21

Bible references

3