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Definition of Bethlehem ephrathah
1. Noun. A small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born.
Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: West Bank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bethlehem Ephrathah
Literary usage of Bethlehem ephrathah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History and Literature of the Israelites According to the Old Testament by Annie Yorke, Arthur de Rothschild (1871)
"Glad' tidings were especially announced to the little town of Bethlehem-Ephrathah,
David's birthplace, in which should be born the deliverer destined to ..."
2. The Psalms Translated and Explained by Joseph Addison Alexander, Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg (1850)
"Others, because bethlehem ephrathah and Bethlehem Judah are convertible expressions (1
Sam. xvii. 12. Mic. v. 1), make Ephrathah another name for Judah, ..."
3. The Messiah of the Gospels by Charles Augustus Briggs (1894)
"The birth of Jesus in Bethlehem is in fulfilment of the prediction of Micah :
And thou, Bethlehem, Ephrathah, Little to be ..."
4. The Books of Chronicles: With Maps, Notes, and Introduction by William Emery Barnes (1899)
"2 (RV Thou, bethlehem ephrathah). 8. And Coz] RV And Hakkoz as in xxiv. 10, but
there a different person (or family) is meant. The connexion of this verse ..."
5. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1904)
"AND THOU, bethlehem ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of
Judah, out of thee shall one come ..."
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