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חֶבְרוֹן

chevron · Hebron

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2275 · appears 71 times in the Bible

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What it means

chevron (חֶבְרוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hebron”.

A city in the hills of southern Canaan, where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob lived and were buried; also the name of two Israelites.

How to say it

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The place

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  • Hebron

    Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank

    A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.

    Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).

    Genesis 23:2Genesis 13:182 Samuel 2:12 Samuel 5:3

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Where it appears

  • Genesis 13:18

    So Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and he built there an altar to YHWH.

  • Genesis 23:2

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

  • Genesis 23:19

    After this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.

  • Genesis 35:27

    Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had resided as aliens.

  • Genesis 37:14

    He said to him, “Go, please, see the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

  • Exodus 6:18

    The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty- three years.

  • Numbers 3:19

    And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  • Numbers 13:22

    They went up into the Negev and came as far as Hebron; and there were Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Joshua 10:3

    So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,

  • Joshua 10:5

    So they gathered and went up, the five kings of the Amorite, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, they and all their camps, and camped against Gibeon and fought against it.

  • Joshua 10:23

    They did so and brought out to him these five kings from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon.

  • Joshua 10:36

    Then Joshua went up, and all Israel with him, from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.

  • Joshua 10:39

    He took it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted to destruction every person who was in it; he left no survivor. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and to its king, and as he had done to Libnah and to its king.

  • Joshua 11:21

    And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and from all the hill country of Israel; with their cities Joshua devoted them to destruction.

  • Joshua 12:10

    the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

  • Joshua 14:13

    And Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.

  • Joshua 14:14

    Therefore Hebron became Caleb’s son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he followed fully YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.

  • Joshua 14:15

    Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba; he was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land became calm from war.

  • Joshua 15:13

    And to Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the command of YHWH to Joshua: Kiriath-arba, the father of Anak (that is Hebron).

  • Joshua 15:54

    Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

  • Joshua 20:7

    So they consecrated Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

  • Joshua 21:11

    And they gave them Kiriath-arba (the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its pasturelands around it.

  • Joshua 21:13

    And to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, and Libnah with its pasturelands,

  • Judges 1:10

    Judah went against the Canaanite who lived in Hebron (the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba), and they struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • Judges 1:20

    They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken, and he dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak.

  • Judges 16:3

    And Samson lay until midnight; then at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and of the two doorposts, and pulled them up with the bar, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron.

  • 1 Samuel 30:31

    to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David had gone about, he and his men.

  • 2 Samuel 2:1

    And it happened after this that David inquired of YHWH, saying, “Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah?” YHWH said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”

  • 2 Samuel 2:3

    And his men who were with him David brought up, each with his household, and they lived in the cities of Hebron.

  • 2 Samuel 2:11

    And the number of the days that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

  • 2 Samuel 2:32

    They carried Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and day dawned for them at Hebron.

  • 2 Samuel 3:2

    Sons were born to David in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelite;

  • 2 Samuel 3:5

    and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah the wife of David. These were born to David in Hebron.

  • 2 Samuel 3:19

    Abner also spoke in the hearing of Benjamin; and Abner also went to speak in the hearing of David at Hebron all that was good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of the whole house of Benjamin.

  • 2 Samuel 3:20

    When Abner came to David at Hebron, and with him twenty men, David made a feast for Abner and for the men who were with him.

  • 2 Samuel 3:22

    And look, the servants of David and Joab came from the raid, and they brought much spoil with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

  • 2 Samuel 3:27

    When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly, and he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

  • 2 Samuel 3:32

    They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the tomb of Abner, and all the people wept.

  • 2 Samuel 4:1

    When the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his hands went limp, and all Israel was dismayed.

  • 2 Samuel 4:8

    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. YHWH has given my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and on his offspring.”

And 31 more times.