Lexical Definition

‎דְּבִיר‎ Dᵉbîyr (deb-eer') Debir ^N:N--L
or (shortened) דְּבִר Dᵉbir (deb-eer'); (Joshua 13:26 (but see ‎לֹא דְבַר‎)), the same as ‎דְּבִיר‎

Debir.

• § Debir = "sanctuary"
• Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine

n pr m
1) the king of Eglon, one of the five kings hanged by Joshua
n pr loc
2) a town in the mountains of Judah west of Hebron and given to the priests and a city of refuge
3) a place on the northern boundary of Judah
4) a town in the territory of Gad

Extended Information

name of: לֹא דְבַר

• Lo-debar = "not a pasture"
• a town in Manasseh in Gilead east of the Jordan
• Another name of lo de.var (‎ל‎ֹ‎א‎ ‎ד‎ְ‎ב‎ָ‎ר‎ "Lo-debar" לֹא דְבַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎דְּבִיר‎

1. proper name, masculine king of Eglon Josh 10:3.

2. proper name, of a location a. ‎דְּבִ֫רָה‎ with ‎ָ  ה‎ locative, northern border Judah Josh 15:7 (westward Hup Ps 28:2).
b. ‎לִדְבִר‎ town of the Gadites Josh 13:26, perhaps Lôdebâr 2Sam 9:4 see ‎לֹא דְבָר‎ Di MV.
c. ‎דְּבִיר‎ Judg 1:11 (twice in verse); 1Chr 6:43*, ‎דְּבִרָה‎ Josh 10:38; Josh 10:39, elsewhere ‎דְּבִר‎ Josh 15:15 +, a royal city of Canaanites anciently called ‎קִרְיַת סֵפֶר‎ Josh 15:15; Judg 1:11, ‎קִרְיַת סַנָּה‎ Josh 15:49 on the mountains of Judah, in region of Hebron Josh 11:21; Josh 15:49, assigned to the Aaronite priests Josh 21:15 as a city of refuge 1Chr 6:43* modern Dhoherîye, 5 hours southwest from Hebron, according to Kn, so Survey^{iii. 402}; other conjectures in Di Josh 10:39 Ri^{HWB 265}.

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