Hebrew word · H2776

חֶ֫רֶס

cheres

Heres

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

§ Heres = "the sun"

a mountain inhabited by Amorites in Moab; the place where Gideon turned back from chasing the Midianites

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Judges · 2

  1. Judges 1:35 חֶ֔רֶס Heres

    And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.

  2. Judges 8:13 הֶחָֽרֶס׃ <the> Heres

    After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.

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