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