ΧΕΒΡΩΝ, χεβρων
CHEBRŌN, chebrōn
Sounds Like: KHEV-rone
Translations: Hebron
From the root: ΧΕΒΡΩΝ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Hebron is a significant ancient city located in the Judean hills, south of Jerusalem. It is mentioned frequently in the Old Testament as a place where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived and were buried. It also served as David's first capital before he moved to Jerusalem. The word refers specifically to this geographical location.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Genitive or Locative
Strong’s number: G5564 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 15:95
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 13:18, 23:2, 23:19, 35:27, 37:14
- Exodus — 6:18
- Numbers — 3:19, 13:23
- Joshua — 10:3, 10:5, 10:23, 10:36, 10:39, 11:21, 12:10, 14:13, 14:14, 14:15, 15:13, 15:54, 20:7, 21:11, 21:13
- Judges — 1:10, 1:20, 16:3
- 1 Samuel — 30:31
- 2 Samuel — 2:1, 2:2, 2:3, 2:11, 2:13, 2:32, 3:2, 3:5, 3:19, 3:20, 3:22, 3:27, 3:32, 4:1, 4:8, 4:12, 5:1, 5:3, 5:5, 5:13, 15:7, 15:9, 15:10
- 1 Kings — 2:11, 2:35
- 1 Chronicles — 2:42, 2:43, 3:1, 3:4, 6:2, 6:18, 6:55, 6:57, 11:1, 11:3, 12:23, 12:38, 15:9, 23:12, 23:19, 26:23, 29:27
- 2 Chronicles — 11:10
- 1 Maccabees — 5:65
From the same root
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