חֶבְרוֹן
Chebrôwn · kheb-rone'
Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2267 (חֶבֶר); seat of association;
Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hebron.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the house, what is within › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To separate and protect of the house, what is within of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֶבְרוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
72 occurrences · 72 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in hebron13 · 18%
- of hebron12 · 17%
- to hebron9 · 13%
- hebron7 · 10%
- and hebron4 · 6%
- unto hebron4 · 6%
- which is hebron3 · 4%
- the same is hebron2 · 3%
- from hebron2 · 3%
- which city is hebron2 · 3%
- with them in hebron2 · 3%
- he in hebron2 · 3%
- unto him in hebron2 · 3%
- which is in hebron1 · 1%
- were.(now hebron1 · 1%
- with him, unto hebron1 · 1%
- and to them which were in hebron1 · 1%
- and they came to hebron1 · 1%
- them hebron1 · 1%
- of judah, namely, hebron1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.