Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H1688
דְּבִיר
Debirdeb-eer'
Debir; Debir; Debir; Debir
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Dᵉbîyr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1688is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1688
Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine
The King James renders it: Debir.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Debir is rendered "Debir; Debir; Debir; Debir". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "Debir".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 10:3Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Joshua 10:3דְּבִ֥יר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's fourteen uses are in Joshua.
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: Debir, and Debir, and Debir, and Debir.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| DebirStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJoshua 10:3Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron… |
| DebirStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| DebirStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| DebirStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Debir10
- Debir towards2
- Lo Debar1
- to Debir towards1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| דְּבַשׁ | debash | honey | Uses54 |
| דְּבִיר | debir | sanctuary | Uses16 |
| דְּבֵלָה | debelah | fig cake | Uses5 |
| דְּבוֹרָה | deborah | bee | Uses4 |
| דְּבַח | debach | to sacrifice | Uses1 |
| דְּבַח | debach | sacrifice | Uses1 |
| דְּבַק | debaq | to cleave | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- דְּבִ֥יר2
- דְּבִ֑יר1
- דְּבִ֖יר1
- דְּבִ֣ר1
- דְּבִר֙1
- דְּבִ֑ר1
- דְּבִ֥ר1
- דְּבִ֖ר1
- דְבִֽר׃1
- דְּבִ֑רָה1
- דְּבִרָה֮1
- לִדְבִֽר׃1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)10HNpl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1HNpl/Sd
- proper noun (a name)1HNpm
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1HNpm/Sd
- preposition + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1HR/Npl/Sd
Joshua
eleven uses
Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- דְּבִ֥ירdevirproper noun (a name)tagged: Debir
Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it.
- דְּבִ֑רָהdevirahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Debir towards
And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
- לִדְבִ֙רָה֙lidvirahpreposition + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: to Debir towards
At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
- דְּבִ֣רdevirproper noun (a name)tagged: Debir
the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
- דְּבִר֙devirproper noun (a name)tagged: Debir
the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
- לִדְבִֽר׃lidvirproper noun (a name)tagged: Lo Debar
Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.
- דְּבִרָה֮devirahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Debir towards
From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
- דְּבִ֑רdevirproper noun (a name)tagged: Debir
- דְּבִ֥רdevirproper noun (a name)tagged: Debir
Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),
- דְבִֽר׃devirproper noun (a name)tagged: Debir
Holon, Debir,
- דְּבִ֖רdevirproper noun (a name)tagged: Debir
Judges
two uses
From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
- דְּבִ֑ירdevirproper noun (a name)tagged: Debir
- דְּבִ֥ירdevirproper noun (a name)tagged: Debir
1 Chronicles
one use
Hilen, Debir,
- דְּבִ֖ירdevirproper noun (a name)tagged: Debir
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.