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Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H2275

חֶבְרוֹן

Chebronkheb-rone'

Hebron; Hebron; Hebron (Valley); Hebron

72 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Chebrôwn

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2275is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 29
    spellings
  • 4
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2275

Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites

The King James renders it: Hebron.

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

Chebron is rendered "Hebron; Hebron; Hebron (Valley); Hebron". It stands 72 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Twenty-four of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "Hebron".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 13:18So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-nine different ways.

The first use

So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

Genesis 13:18בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-four of the word's seventy-two uses are in 2 Samuel.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries four meanings: Hebron, and Hebron, and Hebron (Valley), and Hebron.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
HebronStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 13:18So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron…
HebronStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
Hebron (Valley)Strong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
HebronStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Hebron34
  • in Hebron17
  • Hebron towards9
  • at Hebron6
  • and Hebron4
  • from Hebron1
  • to Hebron1

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.

חֶבְרָהchebrahcompanyUses1
חֶבְרִיChebriHeberiteUses1
חֶבְיוֹןchebyonhidingUses1

All 72, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

29 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

  • חֶבְר֖וֹן8
  • בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן6
  • חֶבְר֔וֹן6
  • בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן4
  • חֶבְר֑וֹן4
  • בְּחֶבְר֖וֹן3
  • בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃3
  • וְחֶבְר֖וֹן3
  • חֶבְר֥וֹן3
  • חֶבְרֽוֹן׃3
  • חֶבְר֑וֹנָה3
  • חֶבְר֔וֹנָה3

and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • proper noun (a name)28HNpl
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)24HR/Npl
  • proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)9HNpl/Sd
  • proper noun (a name)6HNpm
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3HC/Npm
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npm

Genesis

five uses
  • So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

    Genesis 13:18

    • בְּחֶבְר֑וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Hebron
  • She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

    Genesis 23:2

    • חֶבְר֖וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • 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.

    Genesis 23:19

    • חֶבְר֑וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

    Genesis 35:27

    • חֶבְר֔וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

    Genesis 37:14

    • חֶבְר֔וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron

Exodus

one use
  • The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

    Exodus 6:18

    • וְחֶבְר֖וֹןvechevronconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Hebron

Numbers

three uses
  • The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

    Numbers 3:19

    • חֶבְר֖וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

    Numbers 13:22

    • חֶבְרוֹן֒chevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
    • וְחֶבְר֗וֹןvechevronconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Hebron

Joshua

fifteen 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,

    Joshua 10:3

    • חֶ֠בְרוֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

    Joshua 10:5

    • חֶבְר֤וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.

    Joshua 10:23

    • חֶבְרוֹן֙chevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.

    Joshua 10:36

    • חֶבְר֑וֹנָהchevronahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Hebron 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.

    Joshua 10:39

    • לְחֶבְר֗וֹןlechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Hebron
  • 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.

    Joshua 11:21

    • חֶבְרוֹן֙chevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

    Joshua 12:10

    • חֶבְר֖וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

    Joshua 14:13

    • חֶבְר֛וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

    Joshua 14:14

    • חֶ֠בְרוֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • (Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.

    Joshua 14:15

    • חֶבְר֤וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

    Joshua 15:13

    • חֶבְרֽוֹן׃chevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.

    Joshua 15:54

    • חֶבְר֖וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

    Joshua 20:7

    • חֶבְר֖וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

    Joshua 21:11

    • חֶבְר֖וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,

    Joshua 21:13

    • חֶבְר֖וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron

Judges

four uses
  • Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

    Judges 1:10

    • בְּחֶבְר֔וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
    • חֶבְר֥וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.

    Judges 1:20

    • חֶבְר֔וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

    Judges 16:3

    • חֶבְרֽוֹן׃ פchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron

1 Samuel

one use
  • and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

    1 Samuel 30:31

    • בְּחֶבְר֑וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron

2 Samuel

twenty-four uses
  • Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.

    2 Samuel 2:1

    • חֶבְרֹֽנָה׃chevronahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Hebron towards
  • David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.

    2 Samuel 2:3

    • חֶבְרֽוֹן׃chevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

    2 Samuel 2:11

    • בְּחֶבְר֖וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

    2 Samuel 2:32

    • בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃bechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Hebron
  • And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;

    2 Samuel 3:2

    • בְּחֶבְר֑וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • and his sixth was Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.

    2 Samuel 3:5

    • בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ פbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.

    2 Samuel 3:19

    • בְּחֶבְר֔וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Hebron
  • When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.

    2 Samuel 3:20

    • חֶבְר֔וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron because David had sent him on his way in peace.

    2 Samuel 3:22

    • בְּחֶבְר֔וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

    2 Samuel 3:27

    • חֶבְר֔וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.

    2 Samuel 3:32

    • בְּחֶבְר֑וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.

    2 Samuel 4:1

    • בְּחֶבְר֔וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

    2 Samuel 4:8

    • חֶבְרוֹן֒chevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

    2 Samuel 4:12

    • בְּחֶבְר֑וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
    • בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ פbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Hebron
  • Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

    2 Samuel 5:1

    • חֶבְר֑וֹנָהchevronahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Hebron towards
  • So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

    2 Samuel 5:3

    • חֶבְר֔וֹנָהchevronahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Hebron towards
    • בְּחֶבְר֖וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Hebron
  • In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

    2 Samuel 5:5

    • בְּחֶבְרוֹן֙bechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

    2 Samuel 5:13

    • מֵחֶבְר֑וֹןmechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Hebron
  • After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.

    2 Samuel 15:7

    • בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃bechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”

    2 Samuel 15:8

    • בְּחֶבְרוֹן׃bechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • “Go in peace,” said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.

    2 Samuel 15:9

    • חֶבְרֽוֹנָה׃ פchevronahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Hebron towards
  • Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”

    2 Samuel 15:10

    • בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃bechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron

1 Kings

one use
  • The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

    1 Kings 2:11

    • בְּחֶבְר֤וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron

1 Chronicles

seventeen uses
  • The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.

    1 Chronicles 2:42

    • חֶבְרֽוֹן׃chevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • The sons of Hebron:

    1 Chronicles 2:43

    • חֶבְר֑וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;

    1 Chronicles 3:1

    • בְּחֶבְר֑וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • These six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,

    1 Chronicles 3:4

    • בְחֶבְר֔וֹןvechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron
  • The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

    1 Chronicles 6:2

    • וְחֶבְר֖וֹןvechevronconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Hebron
  • The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

    1 Chronicles 6:18

    • וְחֶבְר֖וֹןvechevronconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Hebron
  • They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

    1 Chronicles 6:55

    • חֶבְר֖וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

    1 Chronicles 6:57

    • חֶבְר֥וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

    1 Chronicles 11:1

    • חֶבְר֣וֹנָהchevronahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Hebron towards
  • So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

    1 Chronicles 11:3

    • חֶבְר֔וֹנָהchevronahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Hebron towards
    • בְּחֶבְר֖וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Hebron
  • Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:

    1 Chronicles 12:23

    • חֶבְר֑וֹנָהchevronahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Hebron towards
  • All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.

    1 Chronicles 12:38

    • חֶבְר֔וֹנָהchevronahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Hebron towards
  • from the Hebronites, Eliel the chief and 80 of his relatives;

    1 Chronicles 15:9

    • חֶבְר֑וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.

    1 Chronicles 23:12

    • חֶבְר֥וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

    1 Chronicles 23:19

    • חֶבְר֑וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron
  • The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

    1 Chronicles 29:27

    • בְּחֶבְר֤וֹןbechevronpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Hebron

2 Chronicles

one use
  • Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

    2 Chronicles 11:10

    • חֶבְר֔וֹןchevronproper noun (a name)tagged: Hebron

The letters

Gematria 266· 916 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

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