Ephratah

ef-rawth-ah

Hebrew

"abundance, fruitfulness"

Ephratah Origin and Meaning

The name Ephratah is a girl's name meaning "abundance, fruitfulness".

Ephratah appears in the bible as both the name of a woman--she was the second wife of Caleb and grandmother of one of the spies sent by Moses to Canaan to gather information about the Promised Land--and as that of two places. Ephratah is where Rachel died while giving birth to Benjamin and is also the ancient name of Bethlehem, where Jesus Christ was born.