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ef´rath, ē´frath, ef´ra-tha, ef-ra´tha (×פרת, 'ephraÌ„th; ἘφÏαÌθα, EphraÌtha; ; ); (×פרתה, 'ephraÌ„thaÌ„h, in the other references: (in added verse of Septuagint only); ; , , ; ; , the King James Version “Ephratahâ€): The name either of Bethlehem itself or of a district in which Bethlehem was situated. A man of this place was called an Ephrathite (; ). It is held by many authorities that the Ephrath where Rachel was buried (; ) was a different place, the words “the same is Bethlehem†being a gloss. The reading in is doubtful; the Revised Version, margin has “Ephraim.â€