Bible dictionaries
Ephrathite
What Bible dictionaries say about “Ephrathite”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Ephrathite - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
A citizen of Ephratah, the old name of Bethlehem (Ruth 1:2; 1 Sam. 17:12), or Bethlehem-Judah.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
ef'-rath-it, e'-frath-it.
See EPHRATH.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
- An inhabitant of Bethlehem. (Ruth 1:2)
- An Ephraimite. (1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Kings 11:26)
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith