ʼEphrâthîy — H673

H673 · Hebrew — אפרתי

Pronunciation: ef-rawth-ee'

Definition

patronymic adjective

an Ephrathite or an Ephraimite

  1. Ephrathite = "ashiness: fruitfulness"
  2. an inhabitant or descendant of Ephraim
  3. an inhabitant of Bethlehem

Usually translated as

Ephrathite, Ephraimite

Origin

patrial from H672

Occurrences

ʼEphrâthîy occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1)

Strong's Lexicon — E