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Lexicon :: Strong's H6085 - ʿep̄rôn

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עֶפְרוֹן
Transliteration
ʿep̄rôn
Pronunciation
ef-rone'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as עֵפֶר (H6081)
Strong’s Definitions

עֶפְרוֹן ʻEphrôwn, ef-rone'; from the same as H6081; fawn-like; Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine:—Ephron, Ephrain (from the margin).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H6085 in the following manner: Ephron (13x), Ephrain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H6085 in the following manner: Ephron (13x), Ephrain (1x).
  1. Ephron = "fawn-like"

    proper masculine noun
    1. a Hittite, son of Zohar and the one from whom Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah

      proper locative noun
    2. a city on the borders of Benjamin

    3. a mountain on the northern border of Judah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶפְרוֹן ʻEphrôwn, ef-rone'; from the same as H6081; fawn-like; Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine:—Ephron, Ephrain (from the margin).
STRONGS H6085: Abbreviations
עֶפְרוֺן proper name Εφρων: —
1. masculine Hittite, Abraham's time, according to Genesis 23:8, 10 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:13, 16, 17; Genesis 49:29, עֶפְרֹן Genesis 23:6; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 49:30; Genesis 50:13 (all P).
2. location 2 Chronicles 13:19 Kt (עֶפְיִן Qr), compare עָפְרָה 1a. 3. mont. הַרעֿ׳, on northern border of Judah Joshua 15:9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

23:6; 23:8; 23:10; 23:13; 23:16; 23:17; 25:9; 49:29; 49:30; 50:13

Joshua

15:9

2 Chronicles

13:19

H6085

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6085 matches the Hebrew עֶפְרוֹן (ʿep̄rôn),
which occurs 15 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8 -

He said to them, “If you are willing for me to bury my dead, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 -

Ephron was sitting among the Hethites. So in the hearing[fn] of all the Hethites who came to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham:

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 -

and said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “Listen to me, if you please. Let me pay the price of the field. Accept it from me, and let me bury my dead there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:14 -

Ephron answered Abraham and said to him,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 -

Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had agreed to in the hearing of the Hethites: four hundred standard shekels[fn] of silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 -

So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre ​— ​the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the boundaries of the field ​— ​became

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 -

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hethite.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 -

Then he commanded them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hethite.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 -

“The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hethite as burial property.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 -

They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as burial property from Ephron the Hethite.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 -

From the top of the hill the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, went to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 -

Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron,[fn] along with their surrounding villages.

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