Hebrew word · H6085
עֶפְרוֹן
efron
Ephron
Appears 14 times in 12 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.23.8;
son of: Zohar (H6714)
§ Ephron = "fawn-like"
a Hittite, son of Zohar and the one from whom Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah
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 · 12
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Genesis 23:8 בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן <in> Ephron
“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
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Genesis 23:10 וְעֶפְר֥וֹן עֶפְר֨וֹן and Ephron, Ephron
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
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Genesis 23:13 עֶפְר֜וֹן Ephron
and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
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Genesis 23:14 עֶפְר֛וֹן Ephron
Ephron answered Abraham,
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Genesis 23:16 עֶפְרוֹן֒ לְעֶפְרֹ֔ן Ephron, for Ephron
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
Here: The landowner, named as “the Hittite” (v. 10) and son of Zohar (v. 8), who has made the offer and named the price.
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Genesis 23:17 עֶפְר֗וֹן Ephron
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 25:9 עֶפְרֹ֤ן Ephron
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 former owner who sold the field to Abraham for 400 shekels of silver (23:16). His name is still attached to the land, as in the legal wording of the sale.
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Genesis 49:29 עֶפְר֥וֹן Ephron
Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Here: The earlier owner who sold the field to Abraham. Naming him works like citing the deed: this land changed hands legally and publicly (23:10-20).
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Genesis 49:30 עֶפְרֹ֥ן Ephron
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 עֶפְרֹ֥ן Ephron
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.
Joshua · 1
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Joshua 15:9 עֶפְר֑וֹן Ephron
From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
2 Chronicles · 1
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2 Chronicles 13:19 עֶפְרַ֖יִן Ephrayin
Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
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