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Lexicon :: Strong's H4375 - maḵpēlâ

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מַכְפֵּלָה
Transliteration
maḵpēlâ
Pronunciation
mak-pay-law'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1019b

Strong’s Definitions

מַכְפֵּלָה Makpêlâh, mak-pay-law'; from H3717; a fold; Makpelah, a place in Palestine:—Machpelah.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H4375 in the following manner: Machpelah (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H4375 in the following manner: Machpelah (6x).
  1. Machpelah = "double" or "portion"

    1. the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַכְפֵּלָה Makpêlâh, mak-pay-law'; from H3717; a fold; Makpelah, a place in Palestine:—Machpelah.
STRONGS H4375: Abbreviations
מַכְפֵּלָה proper name, of a location near Hebron, where the patriarchs and their wives were buried, only in P, always with article; שׂדה אשׁר בַּמּ׳ Genesis 23:17, מְעָדַת הַמּ׳ the cave of Machpelah Genesis 23:9, Genesis 25:9, מְעָרַת שְׂדֵה הַמּ׳ Genesis 23:19; Genesis 50:13, מְעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂדֵה הַמּ׳ Genesis 49:30. — compare BuhlGeogr. 160, 161. — (Evidently originally appellative, but meaning dubious; Greek Version of the LXX τό διπλοῦν; according to Thes = part, lot, portion, as Ethiopic bdb049510).
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H4375

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Strong's Number H4375 matches the Hebrew מַכְפֵּלָה (maḵpēlâ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - And let him give me the double cave which he has, which is in a part of his field, let him give it me for the money it is worth for possession of a burying-place among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - And the field of Ephron, which was in Double Cave, which is opposite Mambre, the field and the cave, which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, and whatever is in its borders round about, were made sure
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - After this Abraam buried Sarrha his wife in the Double Cave of the field, which is opposite Mambre, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the double cave, in the field of Ephron the son of Saar the Chettite, which is over against Mambre:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - in the double cave which is opposite Mambre, in the land of Chanaan, the cave which Abraam bought of Ephron the Chettite, for a possession of a sepulchre.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - So his sons carried him up into the land of Chanaan, and buried him in the double cave, which cave Abraam bought for possession of a burying place, of Ephrom the Chettite, before Mambre.
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