Hebrew word · H4471
מַמְרֵא
mamre'
Mamre
Appears 10 times in 10 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
§ Mamre = "strength" or "fatness"
an oak grove on Mamre's land in Palestine where Abraham dwelt
a place near Abraham's burial place, apparently identified with Hebron
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Genesis · 10
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Genesis 13:18 מַמְרֵ֖א Mamre
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
Here: A name. In 14:13 Mamre is an Amorite man, Abram's ally, so 'the trees of Mamre' may mean the trees on his land. Later (23:17, 19) Mamre is also a place name near Hebron.
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Genesis 14:13 מַמְרֵ֣א Mamre
Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
Here: Mamre, a local chieftain whose name stuck to the place near Hebron (23:19 says 'Mamre, that is, Hebron'). In this verse he is a person and the owner of the grove.
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Genesis 14:24 וּמַמְרֵ֔א and Mamre
I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
Here: The third ally. His name is attached to the oaks near Hebron where Abram lived (13:18; 14:13).
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Genesis 18:1 מַמְרֵ֑א Mamre
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
Here: A place at Hebron (13:18; 23:19), also the name of an Amorite ally of Abraham who presumably owned or gave his name to the grove (14:13, 24).
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Genesis 23:17 מַמְרֵ֑א Mamre
So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over
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Genesis 23:19 מַמְרֵ֖א Mamre
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Here: The oak grove where Abraham had lived and built an altar (13:18; 18:1). It locates the tomb by a place the family already knew well.
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Genesis 25:9 מַמְרֵֽא׃ Mamre
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
Here: The site of the great trees near Hebron where Abraham lived and built an altar (13:18; 18:1). Genesis 23:19 identifies it with Hebron.
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Genesis 35:27 מַמְרֵ֖א Mamre
Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
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Genesis 49:30 מַמְרֵ֖א Mamre
The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
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Genesis 50:13 מַמְרֵֽא׃ Mamre
They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
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