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HebrewH6085Proper Noun (Masculine)

עֶפְרוֹן

eph.ron

12Occurrences
H6085Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine

from the same as H6081 (עֵפֶר); fawn-like;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Zohar (H6714) § Ephron = "fawn-like" a Hittite, son of Zohar and the one from whom Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עֶפְרוֹן appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
10
2 Chronicles
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 13:19BSB

Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.

Genesis 23:10BSB

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,

Genesis 23:14BSB

Ephron answered Abraham,

Genesis 23:17BSB

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 over

Genesis 49:29BSB

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.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.