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חֶבְרוֹן

Chebrôwn · H2275 · Hebrew · proper noun · 71 occurrences

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This name belongs to 2 places

This name belongs to 2 people

Meanings

  1. Hebron

    A town formerly known as Kiriath-Arba, in the territory of Judah, assigned to the clan of Aaron in the tribe of Levi

    Examples

    Genesis 13:18 Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and there he built an altar to the LORD.

    Genesis 23:2 Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

    Genesis 23:19 After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.

  2. Hebron

    A man, son of Kohath of the tribe of Levi, and founder of the clan of the Hebronites

    Examples

    Exodus 6:18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was 133 years.

    Numbers 3:19 and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;

    1 Chronicles 6:2 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  3. Hebron

    Man; descendant of Caleb; tribe of Judah

    Examples

    1 Chronicles 2:42 Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

    1 Chronicles 2:43 The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 2 groups

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 2 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

11 occurrences in 2 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

26 occurrences in 4 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

13 occurrences in 7 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries
Names of Locations003001010
חֶבְרוֹן is the place name Hebron, the city where Abraham settles by the oaks of Mamre and where Sarah dies.
Names of People003001007
The same name also identifies a Levite descendant of Kohath in the tribal genealogy.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2275. Chebrown I. חֶבְרוֺן proper name, of a location Hebron (association, league) — ׳ח…
H2275. Chebrown
I. חֶבְרוֺן proper name, of a location Hebron (association, league) — ׳ח Gen 13:18 +; with ה locative חֶבְרוֺנָה Jos 10:36 Jos 10:6t.; חֶבְרֹ֫נָה 2Sa 2:1; — ᵐ5 Ξεβρων; modern El-–alîl (see RobBR i. 213 f., ii. 73 ff. GuérinJudéeiii. 214 ff); ancient city in southern Judah, where (or near which) Abraham built an altar Gen 13:18 (J), and where was a sanctuary in David's time 2Sa 15:7, compare י ׳לפני ׳בְּח 2Sa 5:3 = 1Ch 11:3; built 7 years. before ‚oan in Egypt according to Num 13:22b (JE); under a king Jos 10:3, Jos 10:5, Jos 10:23 (JE) Jos 12:10 (D); assigned to Caleb Jos 14:13-14, (J E D) Jdg 1:20 yet see 1Ch 6:40 (compare v.1Ch 6:41); older name הָ)אַרְבַּע ( קִרְיַת according to Jos 14:15 (J E D), compare Gen 23:2; Gen 35:27; Jos 15:54; Jos 20:7 (all P) Jdg 1:10b; see also Jos 15:13; Jos 21:11 (both P); called also מַמְרֵא Gen 23:19 (and Gen 35:27, both P); a city of refuge Jos 21:13 (P) = 1Ch 6:42; ח ׳עֵמֶק Gen 37:14 (J); named elsewhere Num 13:22a (JE) Jos 10:36, Jos 10:39; Jos 11:21 (all D) Jdg 1:10a Jdg 16:3; 2Sa 2:32; 2Sa 15:9; 2Ch 11:10; a resort of David, and for 7 years. his royal city 1Sa 30:31; 2Sa 2:1, 2Sa 2:11; 2Sa 3:2, 2Sa 3:5, 2Sa 3:19, 2Sa 3:20, 2Sa 3:22, 2Sa 3:27, 2Sa 3:32; 2Sa 4:1, 2Sa 4:8, 2Sa 4:12 (twice in verse); 2Sa 5:1; 2Sa 5:3; 2Sa 5:13; 1Ki 2:11; 1Ch 3:1, 1Ch 3:4; 1Ch 11:1, 1Ch 11:3; 1Ch 12:24; 1Ch 12:39 (van d. H. v.1Ch 12:23; v.1Ch 12:38) 1Ch 29:27; read also perhaps for תחתו 2Sa 3:12, ᵐ5L εἰς Ξεβρων, compare Dr; seat of Absalom's rebellion 2Sa 15:10; ח ׳עָרֵי 2Sa 2:3 abode of David's men.
II. חֶבְרוֺן proper name, masculine (ᵐ5 Ξεβρων).
1 grandson of Levi Exo 6:18; Num 3:19 (both P) = 1 Chronicles 5:28 = 1Ch 6:3; 1Ch 23:12, 1Ch 23:19, compare 1Ch 15:9.
2 name in Caleb's family 1Ch 2:42-43,.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Names of People9 occurrencesNames of Locations62 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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