Lexical Definition

‎עֶפְרוֹן‎ ʻEphrôwn (ef-rone') Ephron ^N:N-M-P
from the same as ‎עֵפֶר‎; fawn-like

Ephron, Ephrain (from the margin).

• § Ephron = "fawn-like"
• Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine

n pr m
1) a Hittite, son of Zohar and the one from whom Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah
n pr loc
2) a city on the borders of Benjamin
3) a mountain on the northern border of Judah

See Greek: Ἐφραίμ

Extended Information

name of: אֶפְרַיִם

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.52
• son of: Joseph (יוֹסֵף) and Asenath (אָסְנַת)
• brother of: Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה)
• father of: Shuthelah (שׁוּתֶלַח), Becher (בֶכֶר), Tahan (תַּחַן), Ezer (עֶזֶר), Elead (אֶלְעָד) and Beriah (בְּרִיעָה); also called Ephrathite (NIV: Ephraimite) at 1Sa.1.1 Ephron (Qere, KJV: Ephrain) at 2Ch.13.19
• Another name of eph.ra.yim (‎א‎ֶ‎פ‎ְ‎ר‎ַ֫‎י‎ִ‎ם‎ "Ephraim" אֶפְרַיִם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֶפְרוֺן‎ proper name Εφρων: —

1. masculine Hittite, Abraham's time, according to Gen 23:8; Gen 23:10 (twice in verse); Gen 23:13; Gen 23:16; Gen 23:17; Gen 49:29, ‎עֶפְרֹן‎ Gen 23:6; Gen 25:9; Gen 49:30; Gen 50:13 (all P).

2. location 2Chr 13:19 Kt (‎עֶפְיִן‎ Qr), compare ‎עָפְרָה‎ 1 a. 3. mont. ‎׳‎‎הַרעֿ‎, on northern border of Judah Josh 15:9.

‎עֶפְרַ֫יִן‎ 2Chr 13:19 Qr see ‎עֶפְרוֺן‎

2. above

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