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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 - and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and he replied to Ephron as everyone listened. “No, listen to me. I will buy it from you. Let me pay the full price for the field so I can bury my dead there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:14 - Ephron answered Abraham,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself, the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees.

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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 son of Zohar the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a permanent burial site.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the cave that Abraham had bought as a permanent burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - From there the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah,[fn] and from there to the towns on Mount Ephron. Then it turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - Abijah and his army pursued Jeroboam’s troops and captured some of his towns, including Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their surrounding villages.
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