עֶפְרוֹןʻEphrôwn
עֶפְרוֺן: 1.
Pronunciation: ef-rone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6085
Meanings
Hittite, Abraham's time (Genesis 23:8; Genesis 23:10; Genesis 23:13)
2. location, compare עָפְרָה 1.a (2 Chronicles 13:19)
3. mountain, on northern border of Judah (Joshua 15:9)
עֶפְרַ֫יִן: see עֶפְרוֺן 2 above (2 Chronicles 13:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 23:8 and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar
- Genesis 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.
- Genesis 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.”
- Genesis 23:14 Ephron answered Abraham,
- Genesis 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.
- Genesis 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.
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).