כָּלֵב אֶפְרָתָהKâlêb ʼEphrâthâh

Caleb-Ephrathah, a place in Egypt (if the text is correct)

Pronunciation: kaw-labe' ef-raw'-thaw · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3613

Meanings

1. place near Bethel, where Rachel died & was buried (Genesis 35:16; Genesis 35:19; Genesis 48:7)

2. id., a name of Bethlehem (Micah 5:1; Ruth 4:11; 1 Chronicles 2:24)

3. id., perhaps applied to district where Kirjath Jearim lay, on the border of Judah & Benjamin (Psalms 132:6)

4. name given to wife of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:19; 1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 4:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:24 Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of Tekoa).
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).