--- title: חֶבְרוֹן — Hebron · The Tanakh dictionary description: חֶבְרוֹן (2275), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 62 times: Hebron. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Hebron. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2275.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)‎ / חֶבְרוֹן‎ # חֶבְרוֹן «חֶבְרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hebron** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 62 times · **Key:** 2275 · **BDB:** חֶבְרוֹן ### Glosses Hebron (37); of.Hebron (9); to (9) ### Meaning (OSHB) Hebron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2275/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.pr.loc. Hebron [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2275/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Hebron (association, league)—ח׳ Gn 13:18 +; c. ה loc. חֶבְרוֹנָה Jos 10:36 + 6 times; חֶבְרֹ֫נָה 2 S 2:1;—𝔊 Χεβρων; mod. El-Ḫalîl (v. RobBR i. 213 f., ii. 73 ff. GuérinJudée iii. 214 ff.); ancient city in southern Judah, where (or near which) Abr. built an altar Gn 13:18 (J), and where was a sanctuary in Dvd.’s time 2 S 15:7, cf. לפני י׳ בְּח׳ 2 S 5:3 = 1 Ch 11:3; built 7 yrs. bef. Ṣoan in Egypt according to Nu 13:22 b (JE); under a king Jos 10:3, 5, 23 (JE) 12:10 (D); assigned to Caleb Jos 14:13, 14 (JED) Ju 1:20 yet v. 1 Ch 6:40 (cf. v 41); older name קִרְיַת (הָ)אַרְבַּע according to Jos 14:15 (JED), cf. Gn 23:2; 35:27 Jos 15:54; 20:7 (all P) Ju 1:10 b; v. also Jos 15:13; 21:11 (both P); called also מַמְרֵא Gn 23:19 (and 35:27, both P); a city of refuge Jos 21:13 (P) = 1 Ch 6:42; עֵמֶק ח׳ Gn 37:14 (J); named elsewhere Nu 13:22 a (JE) Jos 10:36, 39; 11:21 (all D) Ju 1:10 a; 16:3 2 S 2:32; 15:9 2 Ch 11:10; a resort of David, and for 7 yrs. his royal city 1 S 30:31 2 S 2:1, 11; 3:2, 5, 19, 20, 22, 27, 32; 4:1, 8, 12(×2); 5:1, 3, 13 1 K 2:11; 1 Ch 3:1, 4; 11:1, 3; 12:24, 39 (van d. H. v 23, 38) 29:27; read also perhaps for תחתו 2 S 3:12, 𝔊L εἰς Χεβρων, cf. Dr; seat of Absalom’s rebellion 2 S 15:10; עָרֵי ח׳ 2 S 2:3 abode of David’s men. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 56 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חֶבְרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2275/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Joshua 12:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.10/) מֶ֤לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ חֶבְר֖וֹן אֶחָֽד׃ *Word for word:* the.king of.Jerusalem one the.king of.Hebron one *JPS 1917:* the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; [Joshua 14:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.14.13/) וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ וַיִּתֵּ֧ן אֶת־חֶבְר֛וֹן לְכָלֵ֥ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֖ה לְנַחֲלָֽה׃ *Word for word:* and he blessed.him Joshua and he.gave (et) Hebron to Caleb the.son of.Jephunneh to an.inheritance *JPS 1917:* And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. - ← previous: [חֶבְרָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2274.md) - next →: [חֶבְרוֹן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5d1_5b0_5e8_5d5_5b9_5df.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)