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.)
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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).