Bible Person
Meaning: Ephrath · Female · 5 cross references
Ephratah, also called Ephrath, is the wife of Caleb son of Hezron and the mother of Hur in Judah's genealogy. Her name also resonates with Bethlehem traditions, which gives her entry a wider echo in biblical memory. First appears in 1 Chr 2:19.1
AI summary: Ephratah matters because the cross references place her within the formative Judahite family lines that eventually connect to Bethlehem. Through Hur she becomes part of the ancestry preserved in Chronicles, while later poetic and prophetic references keep the Ephrath/Ephrathah name alive in ways that deepen its associations. Her role is genealogical but not insignificant. Taken together, the material presents Ephratah as a Judahite matriarch whose name and line carry enduring resonance.1
Central Figure
Ephratah
Meaning: Ephrath
The second wife of Caleb, the son of Hezron, mother of Hur, and grandmother of Caleb, who was one of those that were sent to spy the land (1 Chr.
The second wife of Caleb, the son of Hezron, mother of Hur, and grandmother of Caleb, who was one of those that were sent to spy the land (1 Chr. 2:19, 50). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.