Ephrath

E349283

ancient place biblical location

Ephrath is an ancient place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally identified with Bethlehem in the land of Canaan.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Ephrath canonical	1
Ephrath (biblical place)	1
Ephrath of Bethlehem	1
Ephrathah	1
Ephrathite	1
Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient place ⓘ biblical location ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ephrath ⓘ surface form: Ephrathah
appearsInBook	Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Micah ⓘ Psalms ⓘ surface form: Book of Psalms Book of Ruth ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Rachel’s death ⓘ
associatedWithFigure	Boaz ⓘ David ⓘ Jesse ⓘ Jesus ⓘ surface form: Jesus of Nazareth Rachel ⓘ
associatedWithTribe	Tribe of Judah ⓘ
category	Ancient Canaanite cities ⓘ Places in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
culturalContext	Ancient Near East ⓘ
describedAs	place near Bethlehem ⓘ
etymologyProposedMeaning	fruitful ⓘ
hasTheologicalSignificance	messianic prophecy location ⓘ
identifiedAs	Ephrath self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ephrath of Bethlehem
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: ancient Israel Land of Canaan ⓘ surface form: land of Canaan
mentionedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
mentionedInVerse	Genesis 35:19 ⓘ Genesis 48:7 ⓘ Micah 5:2 ⓘ Psalm 132:6 ⓘ Ruth 4:11 ⓘ
modernEquivalent	Bethlehem ⓘ surface form: Bethlehem, West Bank
near	Rachel’s tomb ⓘ
regionType	settlement ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
significance	birthplace of David (via identification with Bethlehem) ⓘ prophesied birthplace of the Messiah (via Micah 5:2) ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ
traditionallyIdentifiedWith	Bethlehem ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rachel → diesNear → Ephrath ⓘ

Orpah → maritalFamily → Ephrath ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah

Mahlon → hasTribalAffiliation → Ephrath ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ephrathite

Ephrata, Washington → namedAfter → Ephrath ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ephrath (biblical place)

Ephrath → alsoKnownAs → Ephrath ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ephrathah

Ephrath → identifiedAs → Ephrath self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ephrath of Bethlehem