Mamre

mam-ray'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Mamrêʼ

“Mamre, an Amorite”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Mamre, an Amorite

Rendered in the KJV as

Mamre.

10
occurrencesin the Old Testament
1 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 10 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

מַמְרֵ֖א4
מַמְרֵ֑א2
מַמְרֵֽא׃2
וּמַמְרֵ֔א1
מַמְרֵ֣א1

How it is rendered · 2

Mamre9
and Mamre1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

proper noun (a name)5
proper noun (a name)4
conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNpl · 5
HNpm · 4
HC/Npm · 1

All 10, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Genesis10 occurrences

Genesis 13:18מַמְרֵ֖אmamre'proper noun (a name)So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.here: Mamre
Genesis 14:13מַמְרֵ֣אmamre'proper noun (a name)Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.here: Mamre
Genesis 14:24וּמַמְרֵ֔אumamre'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”here: and Mamre
Genesis 18:1מַמְרֵ֑אmamre'proper noun (a name)Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.here: Mamre
Genesis 23:17מַמְרֵ֑אmamre'proper noun (a name)So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded overhere: Mamre
Genesis 23:19מַמְרֵ֖אmamre'proper noun (a name)After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.here: Mamre
Genesis 25:9מַמְרֵֽא׃mamre'proper noun (a name)His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.here: Mamre
Genesis 35:27מַמְרֵ֖אmamre'proper noun (a name)Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.here: Mamre
Genesis 49:30מַמְרֵ֖אmamre'proper noun (a name)The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.here: Mamre
Genesis 50:13מַמְרֵֽא׃mamre'proper noun (a name)They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.here: Mamre

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