This name belongs to 4 different people and places in the Bible:
- Hebron: Son of Mareshah, from the tribe of Judah
- Hebron: Son of Kohath, grandson of Levi
- Hebron: An important city in Judah; burial place of patriarchs
- Valley of Hebron: Valley near Hebron where Joseph sought his brothers
Definition
from H2267; seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
Traditional renderings: Hebron.
Traditional renderings: Hebron.
Glossary entries
Hebron (Person) Hebron (Place) Hebronite Kiriath-Arba Kirjath-Arba
Where it occurs
Occurrences
71 total
- Genesis 13:18בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן · at HebronSo Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
- Genesis 23:2חֶבְר֖וֹן · 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 23:19חֶבְר֑וֹן · HebronAfter 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 35:27חֶבְר֔וֹן · Hebron)Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
- Genesis 37:14חֶבְר֔וֹן · of HebronThen 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,
- Exodus 6:18וְחֶבְר֖וֹן · HebronThe sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
- Numbers 3:19חֶבְר֖וֹן · HebronThe sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- Numbers 13:22 (2×)חֶבְרוֹן֒ · Hebron; וְחֶבְר֗וֹן · dwelledThey 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.
- Joshua 10:3חֶ֠בְרוֹן · of HebronTherefore 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 10:5חֶבְר֤וֹן · HebronSo 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 10:23חֶבְרוֹן֙ · HebronSo they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
- Joshua 10:36חֶבְר֑וֹנָה · to HebronThen Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.
- Joshua 10:39לְחֶבְר֗וֹן · to HebronAnd 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 11:21חֶבְרוֹן֙ · of HebronAt 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 12:10חֶבְר֖וֹן · of Hebron…the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
- Joshua 14:13חֶבְר֛וֹן · HebronThen Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
- Joshua 14:14חֶ֠בְרוֹן · HebronTherefore 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 14:15חֶבְר֤וֹן · Hebron(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
- Joshua 15:13חֶבְרֽוֹן׃ · HebronAccording 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 15:54חֶבְר֖וֹן · HebronHumtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
- Joshua 20:7חֶבְר֖וֹן · HebronSo 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 21:11חֶבְר֖וֹן · HebronThey gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
- Joshua 21:13חֶבְר֖וֹן · HebronSo to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,
- Judges 1:10 (2×)בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן · in Hebron; חֶבְר֥וֹןJudah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
- Judges 1:20חֶבְר֔וֹן · HebronJust as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
- Judges 16:3חֶבְרֽוֹן׃פ · HebronBut 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.
- 1 Samuel 30:31בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן · in Hebron…and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.
- 2 Samuel 2:1חֶבְרֹֽנָה׃ · To HebronSome 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 2:3חֶבְרֽוֹן׃ · near HebronDavid also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 2:11בְּחֶבְר֖וֹן · in HebronAnd the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
- 2 Samuel 2:32בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ · HebronAnd 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 3:2בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן · in HebronAnd sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
- 2 Samuel 3:5בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃פ · in Hebron…and his sixth was Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 3:19בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן · to HebronAbner also spoke to the Benjamites. Then he went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
- 2 Samuel 3:20חֶבְר֔וֹן · at HebronWhen Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.
- 2 Samuel 3:22בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן · in HebronJust 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 3:27חֶבְר֔וֹן · to HebronWhen 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 3:32בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן · in HebronWhen they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
- 2 Samuel 4:1בְּחֶבְר֔וֹן · in HebronNow when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
- 2 Samuel 4:8חֶבְרוֹן֒ · at HebronThey 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 4:12 (2×)בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן · in Hebron; בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃פ · in HebronSo 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 5:1חֶבְר֑וֹנָה · at HebronThen all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- 2 Samuel 5:3 (2×)חֶבְר֔וֹנָה · at Hebron; בְּחֶבְר֖וֹן · [where]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 5:5בְּחֶבְרוֹן֙ · In HebronIn 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 5:13מֵחֶבְר֑וֹן · from HebronAfter he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
- 2 Samuel 15:7בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ · to HebronAfter 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.