חֶבְרוֹן

A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.

A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.

The 26 distinct written forms H2275 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
חֶבְר֖וֹן	Noun, Proper	Genesis 23:2	8
בְּ/חֶבְר֑וֹן	Noun, Proper	Genesis 13:18	6
חֶבְר֔וֹן	Noun, Proper	Genesis 35:27	6
בְּ/חֶבְרֽוֹן	Noun, Proper	2 Samuel 2:32	5
בְּ/חֶבְר֔וֹן	Noun, Proper	2 Samuel 3:19	4
חֶבְר֑וֹן	Noun, Proper	Genesis 23:19	4
חֶבְרֽוֹן	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 2:42	4
בְּ/חֶבְר֖וֹן	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 11:3	3
וְ/חֶבְר֖וֹן	Noun, Proper	Exodus 6:18	3
חֶבְר֑וֹנָ/ה	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 12:23	3
חֶבְר֔וֹנָ/ה	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 11:3	3
חֶבְר֥וֹן	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 6:57	3
בְּ/חֶבְר֤וֹן	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 29:27	2
חֶ֠בְרוֹן	Noun, Proper	Joshua 10:3	2
חֶבְר֤וֹן	Noun, Proper	Joshua 10:5	2
חֶבְרוֹן֒	Noun, Proper	2 Samuel 4:8	2
חֶבְרוֹן֙	Noun, Proper	Joshua 10:23	2
בְ/חֶבְר֔וֹן	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 3:4	1
בְּ/חֶבְרוֹן֙	Noun, Proper	2 Samuel 5:5	1
וְ/חֶבְר֗וֹן	Noun, Proper	Numbers 13:22	1
חֶבְר֛וֹן	Noun, Proper	Joshua 14:13	1
חֶבְר֣וֹנָ/ה	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 11:1	1
חֶבְרֹֽנָ/ה	Noun, Proper	2 Samuel 2:1	1
חֶבְרֽוֹנָ/ה	Noun, Proper	2 Samuel 15:9	1
לְ/חֶבְר֗וֹן	Noun, Proper	Joshua 10:39	1
מֵ/חֶבְר֑וֹן	Noun, Proper	2 Samuel 5:13	1

Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2275, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.

Derives from

• חבר cheber H2267 association

Shares the same root

• חברה chebrâh H2274 association

Proper names from this root

People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.

• חבר Cheber H2268 Heber
• חברוני Chebrôwnîy H2276 Hebronites

Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.

Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Hebron). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.

Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897

A community; alliance. (1.) A city in the south end of the valley of Eshcol, about midway between Jerusalem and Beersheba, from which it is distant about 20 miles in a straight line. It was built "seven years before Zoan in Egypt" (Gen. 13:18; Num. 13:22). It still exists under the same name, and is one of the most ancient cities in the world. Its earlier name was Kirjath-arba (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 14:15; 15:3). But "Hebron would appear to have been the original name of the city, and it was not till after Abraham's stay there that it received the name Kirjath-arba, who [i.e., Arba] was not the founder but the conqueror of the city, having led thither the tribe of the Anakim, to which he belonged. It retained this name till it came into the possession of Caleb, when the Israelites restored the original name Hebron" (Keil, Com.). The name of this city does not occur in any of the prophets or in the New Testament. It is found about forty times in the Old. It was the favorite home of Abraham. Here he pitched his tent under the oaks of Mamre, by which name it came afterwards to be known; and here Sarah died, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah (Gen. 23:17-20), which he bought from Ephron the Hittite. From this place the patriarch departed for Egypt by way of Beersheba (37:14; 46:1). It was taken by Joshua and given to Caleb (Josh. 10:36, 37; 12:10; 14:13). It became a Levitical city and a city of refuge (20:7; 21:11). When David became king of Judah this was his royal residence, and he resided here for seven and a half years (2 Sam. 5:5); and here he was anointed as king over all Israel (2 Sam. 2:1-4, 11; 1 Kings 2:11). It became the residence also of the rebellious Absalom (2 Sam. 15:10), who probably expected to find his chief support in the tribe of Judah, now called el-Khulil.

In one part of the modern city is a great mosque, which is built over the grave of Machpelah. The first European who was permitted to enter this mosque was the Prince of Wales in 1862. It was also visited by the Marquis of Bute in 1866, and by the late Emperor Frederick of Germany (then Crown-Prince of Prussia) in 1869.

One of the largest oaks in Palestine is found in the valley of Eshcol, about 3 miles north of the town. It is supposed by some to be the tree under which Abraham pitched his tent, and is called "Abraham's oak." (See OAK.)

(2.) The third son of Kohath the Levite (Ex. 6:18; 1 Chr. 6:2, 18).

(3.) 1 Chr. 2:42, 43.

(4.) A town in the north border of Asher (Josh. 19:28).

Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863

(alliance).

+ The third son of Kohath, who was the second son of Levi. (Exodus 6:18; Numbers 3:19; 1 Chronicles 6:2,18; 23:12) He was the founder of a family of Hebronites, (Numbers 3:27; 26:58; 1 Chronicles 26:23,30,31), or Bene-Hebron. (1 Chronicles 15:9; 23:19) + A city of Judah, (Joshua 15:54) situated among the mountains, (Joshua 20:7) 20 Roman miles south of Jerusalem, and the same distance north of Beersheba. Hebron is one of the most ancient cities in the world still existing; and in this respect it is the rival of Damascus. It was a well-known town when Abraham entered Canaan, 3800 years ago. (Genesis 13:18) Its original name was Kirjath-arba, (Judges 1:10) "the city of Arba;" so called from Arba the father of Anak. (Joshua 15:13,14; 21:13) Sarah died at Hebron; and Abraham then bought from Ephron the Hittite the field and cave of Machpelah, to serve as a family tomb (Genesis 23:2-20) The cave is still there, and the massive walls of the Haram or mosque, within which it lies, form the most remarkable object in the whole city. Abraham is called by Mohammedans el-Khulil, "the Friend," i.e. of God, and this is the modern name of Hebron. Hebron now contains about 5000 inhabitants, of whom some fifty families are Jews. It is picturesquely situated in a narrow valley, surrounded by rocky hills. The valley runs from north to south; and the main quarter of the town, surmounted by the lofty walls of the venerable Haram, lies partly on the eastern slope. (Genesis 37:14) comp. Genesis23:19 About a mile from the town, up the valley, is one of the largest oak trees in Palestine. This, say some, is the very tree beneath which Abraham pitched his tent, and it still bears the name of the patriarch. + One of the towns in the territory of Asher, (Joshua 19:28) probably Ebdon or Abdom.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869

society; friendship

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This word appears in 65 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 66 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.

Read these verses in the Septuagint

• Genesis 13:18
• Exodus 6:18
• Numbers 3:19
• Joshua 10:3
• Judges 1:10
• 1 Samuel 30:31
• 2 Samuel 2:1
• 1 Kings 2:11
• 1 Chronicles 2:42
• 2 Chronicles 11:10

This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.