Lexical Summary Debir: an Amorite king, also the name of several places in Palestine Original Word: דְּבִירTransliteration: Debir Phonetic Spelling: (deb-eer') Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location a. Short Definition: an Amorite king, also the name of several places in Palestine Meaning: Debir -- an Amorite king, also the name of several places in Palestine Strong's Concordance Debir Or (shortened) Dbir (Josh. 13:26 (but see Lo' Dbar)) {deb-eer'}; the same as dbiyr; Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine -- Debir. see HEBREW Lo' Dbar see HEBREW dbiyr Brown-Driver-Briggs H1688. Debir II. דְּבִיר 1. proper name, masculine king of Eglon Joshua 10:3. 2. proper name, of a location a. דְּבִ֫רָה with ָ ה locative, northern border Judah Joshua 15:7 (westward Hup Psalm 28:2). b. לִדְבִר town of the Gadites Joshua 13:26, perhaps Lôdebâr 2 Samuel 9:4 see דְבָר לֹא Di MV. c. דְּבִיר Judges 1:11 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 6:43, דְּבִרָה Joshua 10:38-39, elsewhere דְּבִר 15:15 +, a royal city of Canaanites anciently called סֵפֶר קִרְיַת 15:15; Judges 1:11, סַנָּה קִרְיַת Joshua 15:49; on the mountains of Judah, in region of Hebron 11:21; 15:49, assigned to the Aaronite priests 21:15 as a city of refuge 1 Chronicles 6:43; modern Dhoherîye, 5 hours southwest from Hebron, according to Kn, so Surveyiii. 402; other conjectures in Di Joshua 10:39 RiHWB 265. |
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