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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 he spoke with them, saying, “If it is your wish that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and meet with Ephron the son of Zohar for me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - Now Ephron dwelt among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the presence of the sons of Heth, all who entered at the gate of his city, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will give it, please hear me. I will give you money for the field; take it from me and I will bury my dead there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out the silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency of the merchants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then he charged them and said to them: “I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:30

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

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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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - Then the border went around from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around to Baalah (which is Kirjath Jearim).

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephrain[fn] with its villages.
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