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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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Genesis

23:9; 23:17; 23:19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13

H4375

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So Abraham secured Ephron's field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.
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