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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 - “that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he has, which is at the end of his field. Let him give it to me at the full price, as property for a burial place among you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, which were within all the surrounding borders, were deeded
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - “in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial place.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as property for a burial place.
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