Word Study · Strong's H6085 · Hebrew
עֶפְרוֹן
Ephron
ef-rone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻEphrôwn
“Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Ephron, Ephrain (from the margin).
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- עֶפְרֹ֥ן2
- בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן1
- וְעֶפְר֥וֹן1
- לְעֶפְרֹ֔ן1
- עֶפְר֨וֹן1
- עֶפְר֜וֹן1
- עֶפְר֛וֹן1
- עֶפְרוֹן֒1
- עֶפְר֗וֹן1
- עֶפְר֥וֹן1
- עֶפְר֑וֹן1
- עֶפְרַ֖יִן1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- Ephron10
- and Ephron1
- Ephrayin1
- for Ephron1
- in Ephron1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)10
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 10
- HR/Npm · 2
- HC/Npm · 1
- HNpl · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis12 occurrences
- Genesis 23:8בְּעֶפְר֥וֹןbeefronpreposition + proper noun (a name)“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalfhere: in Ephron
- Genesis 23:10וְעֶפְר֥וֹןveefronconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,here: and Ephron
- Genesis 23:10עֶפְר֨וֹןefronproper noun (a name)Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,here: Ephron
- Genesis 23:13עֶפְר֜וֹןefronproper noun (a name)and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”here: Ephron
- Genesis 23:14עֶפְר֛וֹןefronproper noun (a name)Ephron answered Abraham,here: Ephron
- Genesis 23:16עֶפְרוֹן֒ʾefronproper noun (a name)Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.here: Ephron
- Genesis 23:16לְעֶפְרֹ֔ןleefronpreposition + proper noun (a name)Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.here: for Ephron
- Genesis 23:17עֶפְר֗וֹןefronproper 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: Ephron
- Genesis 25:9עֶפְרֹ֤ןʾefronproper 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: Ephron
- Genesis 49:29עֶפְר֥וֹןefronproper noun (a name)Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.here: Ephron
- Genesis 49:30עֶפְרֹ֥ןʾefronproper 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: Ephron
- Genesis 50:13עֶפְרֹ֥ןʾefronproper 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: Ephron