מַמְרֵא

mam.reMamre
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place10 occurrences1 book10 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Mamre: Amorite, ally of Abraham
  • Mamre: A place near Hebron; associated with Abraham

Definition

from H4754 (in the sense of vigor); lusty; Mamre, an Amorite
Traditional renderings: Mamre.

Glossary entries

Mamre (Place) Mamre (Person)

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

10 total
  1. Genesis 13:18מַמְרֵ֖א · of Mamre
    So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
  2. Genesis 14:13מַמְרֵ֣א · of Mamre
    Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
  3. Genesis 14:24וּמַמְרֵ֔א · and Mamre
    I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
  4. Genesis 18:1מַמְרֵ֑א · of Mamre
    Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
  5. Genesis 23:17מַמְרֵ֑א · Mamre
    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
  6. Genesis 23:19מַמְרֵ֖א · Mamre
    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.
  7. Genesis 25:9מַמְרֵֽא׃ · Mamre
    His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
  8. Genesis 35:27מַמְרֵ֖א · at Mamre
    Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
  9. Genesis 49:30מַמְרֵ֖א · Mamre
    The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
  10. Genesis 50:13מַמְרֵֽא׃ · Mamre
    They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.