Ephratah

Eph'ratah [some Ephra'tah] (Hebrews Ephra'thah, אֶפרָתָה, Ge 35:16,19; Ge 48:7 twice; Ps 132:6; Mic 5:1; 1Ch 2:50; 1Ch 4:4; Sept. Ε᾿φραθά or Ε᾿φραθᾶ,Vulg. Ephrata, A.V. "Ephratah" in all but Genesis and the last-named passage of Chron., where it gives " Ephrath"), a prolonged [or sometimes "directive"] form of Eph'rath (Hebrew Ephrath', אֶפרָת, probably fruitful, 1Ch 2:19; Sept. Φράθ, Vulg. Ephrata), the name of a woman and of one or two places.

1. The second wife of Caleb, the son of Hezron, mother of Hur, and grandmother of Caleb the spy, according to 1Ch 2:19,50, and probably 24 See CALEB-EPHRATAH, and 4:4, in which last passage Hur is apparently called "the father (i.e., founder) of Bethlehem" (see below). B.C. post 1856.