חֶבְרוֹןChebrôwn
חֶבְרוֺן: proper name [of a location]: Hebron, ancient city in southern Judah (Genesis 13:18; Joshua 10:36; 2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 15:7; 2 Samuel 5:3)
Pronunciation: kheb-rone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2275
Meanings
חֶבְרוֺן: 1. grandson of Levi (Exodus 6:18; Numbers 3:19; 1 Chronicles 5:28)
2. name in Caleb's family (1 Chronicles 2:42; 1 Chronicles 2:43)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 71 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 13:18 So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the Lord.
- Genesis 23:2 she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept for her.
- Genesis 23:19 Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also called Hebron).
- Genesis 35:27 So Jacob returned to his father, Isaac, in Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had both lived as foreigners.
- Genesis 37:14 “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are getting along,” Jacob said. “Then come back and bring me a report.” So Jacob sent him on his way, and Joseph traveled to Shechem from their home in the valley of Hebron.
- Exodus 6:18 The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be 133 years old.)
See every passage
- Genesis 13:18, 23:2, 23:19, 35:27, 37:14
- Exodus 6:18
- Numbers 3:19, 13:22
- Joshua 10:3, 10:5, 10:23, 10:36, 10:39, 11:21, 12:10, 14:13, 14:14, 14:15, 15:13, 15:54, 20:7, 21:11, 21:13
- Judges 1:10, 1:20, 16:3
- 1 Samuel 30:31
- 2 Samuel 2:1, 2:3, 2:11, 2:32, 3:2, 3:5, 3:19, 3:20, 3:22, 3:27, 3:32, 4:1, 4:8, 4:12, 5:1, 5:3, 5:5, 5:13, 15:7, 15:9, 15:10
- 1 Kings 2:11
- 1 Chronicles 2:42, 2:43, 3:1, 3:4, 6:2, 6:18, 6:55, 6:57, 11:1, 11:3, 12:23, 12:38, 15:9, 23:12, 23:19, 29:27
- 2 Chronicles 11:10
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).