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Debir

Debir, also known as Kiriath-sannah or Kiriath-sepher, was a Canaanite city captured by Joshua and later by Caleb's family.

The name Debir means “an orator; a word”

PlaceOld Testament3 books13 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at Joshua 10:38; referred to as Debir (דְּבִיר) or Kiriath-sepher (קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶר).

Location

Identified as
Khirbet Rabud
Certainty
Likely (78% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
Coordinates
31.432° N, 35.015° E
Debir
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Glossary entries

Debir (Place) Kiriath-sannah Kiriath-sepher

Alternative names

Mentions

Includes 2 verses that refer to Debir without naming it.

  1. Joshua 10:38דְּבִיר · Debir
    Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it.
  2. Joshua 10:39דְּבִיר · Debir
    And 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.
  3. Joshua 11:21דְּבִיר · Debir
    At 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.
  4. Joshua 12:13דְּבִיר · Debir
    …the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
  5. Joshua 15:15דְּבִיר · Debir; קִרְיַת־סַנָּה · Kiriath-sannah; קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶר · Kiriath-sepher
    From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
  6. Joshua 15:16קִרְיַת־סַנָּה · Kiriath-sannah; קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶר · Kiriath-sepher
    And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
  7. Joshua 15:17Referred to, not named
    So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
  8. Joshua 15:49דְּבִיר · Debir; קִרְיַת־סַנָּה · Kiriath-sannah; קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶר · Kiriath-sepher
    Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),
  9. Joshua 21:15דְּבִיר · Debir
    Holon, Debir,
  10. Judges 1:11דְּבִיר · Debir; קִרְיַת־סַנָּה · Kiriath-sannah; קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶר · Kiriath-sepher
    From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
  11. Judges 1:12קִרְיַת־סַנָּה · Kiriath-sannah; קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶר · Kiriath-sepher
    And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
  12. Judges 1:13Referred to, not named
    So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
  13. 1 Chronicles 6:58דְּבִיר · Debir
    Hilen, Debir,