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Lexicon :: Strong's H1688 - dᵊḇîr

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דְּבִיר
Transliteration
dᵊḇîr
Pronunciation
deb-eer'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

דְּבִיר Dᵉbîyr, deb-eer'; or (shortened) דְּבִר Dᵉbir; (Joshua 13:26 (but see H3810)), the same as H1687; Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine:—Debir.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H1688 in the following manner: Debir (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H1688 in the following manner: Debir (14x).

  1. Debir = "sanctuary"

    proper masculine noun

    1. the king of Eglon, one of the five kings hanged by Joshua

      proper locative noun

    2. a town in the mountains of Judah west of Hebron and given to the priests and a city of refuge

    3. a place on the northern boundary of Judah

    4. a town in the territory of Gad

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דְּבִיר Dᵉbîyr, deb-eer'; or (shortened) דְּבִר Dᵉbir; (Joshua 13:26 (but see H3810)), the same as H1687; Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine:—Debir.
STRONGS H1688: Abbreviations
† II. דְּבִיר
1. proper name, masculine king of Eglon Joshua 10:3.
2. proper name, of a location.
a. דְּבִ֫רָה with ה ָ locative, northern border Judah Joshua 15:7 (westward Hup Psalm 28:2).
b. לִדְבִר town of the Gadites Joshua 13:26, perhaps Lôdebâr 2 Samuel 9:4 see H3810 לֹא דְבָר Di MV.
c. דְּבִיר Judges 1:11 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 6:43, דְּבִרָה Joshua 10:38, 39, elsewhere דְּבִר Joshua 15:15 +, a royal city of Canaanites anciently called קִרְיַת סֵפֶר Joshua 15:15; Judges 1:11, קִרְיַת סַנָּה Joshua 15:49; on the mountains of Judah, in region of Hebron Joshua 11:21; Joshua 15:49, assigned to the Aaronite priests Joshua 21:15 as a city of refuge 1 Chronicles 6:43; modern Dhoherîye, 5 hours southwest from Hebron, according to Kn, so Surveyiii. 402; other conjectures in Di Joshua 10:39 RiHWB 265.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

10:3; 10:38; 10:39; 10:39; 11:21; 13:26; 15:7; 15:15; 15:15; 15:49; 15:49; 21:15

Judges

1:11; 1:11

2 Samuel

9:4

1 Chronicles

6:43; 6:43

Psalms

28:2

H1688

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1688 matches the Hebrew דְּבִיר (dᵊḇîr),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:3 - So Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem sent to Elam king of Hebron, and to Phidon king of Jerimuth, and to Jephtha king of Lachis, and to Dabin king of Odollam, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:38 - And Joshua and all Israel returned to Dabir; and they encamped about it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 - and they took it, and its king, and its villages: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and they destroyed it, and every thing breathing in it; and they did not leave in it any one that was preserved: as they did to Chebron and her king, so they did to Dabir and her king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:21 - And Joshua came at that time, and utterly destroyed the Enakim out of the hill country, from Chebron and from Dabir, and from Anaboth, and from all the [fn]race of Israel, and from all the mountain of Juda with their cities; and Joshua utterly destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:13 - the king of Dabir, the king of Gader:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:26 - And from Esebon to Araboth by Massepha, and Botanim, and Maan to the borders of Dæbon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - And the borders continue on to [fn]the fourth part of the valley of Achor, and go down to Galgal, which is before the approach of Adammin, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:15 - And Chaleb went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; and the name of Dabir before was [fn]the city of Letters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:49 - and Renna and the city of Letters, this is Dabir;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:15 - and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:11 - And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:58 - (LXX 6:43) and Jethar and her suburbs, and Dabir and her suburbs,
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