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 (1 Chr. 2:19, 50).
      (2.) The ancient name of Bethlehem in Judah (Gen. 35:16, 19;
    48:7). In Ruth 1:2 it is called "Bethlehem-Judah," but the
    inhabitants are called "Ephrathites;" in Micah 5:2,
    "Bethlehem-Ephratah;" in Matt. 2:6, "Bethlehem in the land of
    Judah." In Ps. 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" (1 Sam. 7:1;
    comp. 2 Sam. 6:3, 4).
 Ephratah, Ephrath, abundance; bearing fruit