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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8 - Then he said to them, "If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - (Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth - before all who entered the gate of his city -

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and said to Ephron in their hearing, "Hear me, if you will. I pay to you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I may bury my dead there."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:14 - Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth - 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.

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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 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 BoxGen 49:29 - Then he instructed them, "I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

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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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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - It then went from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, extended to the cities of Mount Ephron, and went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim).

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.
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