עֶפְרוֹן

eph.ronEphron
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man14 occurrences3 books12 verses
This name belongs to 3 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel
  • Ephron: A Hittite who sold a burial site to Abraham
  • Mount Ephron: Mountain on the border between Judah and Benjamin

Definition

from the same as H6081; fawn-like; Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Ephron, Ephrain (from the margin).

Glossary entries

Ephraim (Person) Ephron (Person) Ephraim, Mount Ephrain Ephron (Place) Ephraimite

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

14 total
  1. Genesis 23:8בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן · Ephron
    “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
  2. Genesis 23:10 (2×)וְעֶפְר֥וֹן · Now Ephron; עֶפְר֨וֹן · Ephron
    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,
  3. Genesis 23:13עֶפְר֜וֹן · Ephron
    …and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
  4. Genesis 23:14עֶפְר֛וֹן · Ephron
    Ephron answered Abraham,
  5. Genesis 23:16 (2×)עֶפְרוֹן֒ · Ephron’s terms; לְעֶפְרֹ֔ן · [for him]
    Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
  6. Genesis 23:17עֶפְר֗וֹן · So Ephron’s
    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
  7. Genesis 25:9עֶפְרֹ֤ן · of Ephron
    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 49:29עֶפְר֥וֹן · of Ephron
    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.
  9. Genesis 49:30עֶפְרֹ֥ן · Ephron
    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 50:13עֶפְרֹ֥ן · from Ephron
    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.
  11. Joshua 15:9עֶפְר֑וֹן · Ephron
    From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
  12. 2 Chronicles 13:19עֶפְרוֹן · Ephron
    Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.