Dict: easton - Ephratah

easton:

Ephratah @ fruitful.

(1.) 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 ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:19 kjv@1Chronicles:2:50).

(2.) The ancient name of Bethlehem in Judah kjv@Genesis:35:16 kjv@Genesis:35:19 kjv@Genesis:48:7). In kjv@Ruth:1:2 it is called "Bethlehem
- Judah," but the inhabitants are called "Ephrathites;" in kjv@Micah:5:2, "Bethlehem
- Ephratah;" in kjv@Matthew:2:6, "Bethlehem in the land of Judah." In kjv@Psalms:132:6 it is mentioned as the place where David spent his youth, and where he heard much of the ark, although he never saw it till he found it long afterwards at Kirjath-jearim; i.e., the "city of the wood," or the "forest-town" ( kjv@1Samuel:7:1; comp. kjv@2Samuel:6:3-4).