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Strong's #1688: Dbiyr (pronounced deb-eer')

or (shortened) Dbir (Josh. 13:26 (but see 3810)) {deb-eer'}; the same as 1687; Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine:--Debir.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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debı̂yr / debir

Debir = "sanctuary"

1) the king of Eglon, one of the five kings hanged by Joshua (noun proper masculine)

2) a town in the mountains of Judah west of Hebron and given to the priests and a city of refuge (noun proper locative)

3) a place on the northern boundary of Judah (noun proper locative)

4) a town in the territory of Gad (noun proper locative)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Relation: the same as H1687



Usage:

This word is used 14 times:

Joshua 10:3: "king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,"
Joshua 10:38: "and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against"
Joshua 10:39: "so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah,"
Joshua 11:21: "from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all"
Joshua 12:13: "The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;"
Joshua 13:26: "and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;"
Joshua 15:7: "And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking"
Joshua 15:15: "thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before"
Joshua 15:15: "to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher."
Joshua 15:49: "And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,"
Joshua 21:15: "And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,"
Judges 1:11: "And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before"
Judges 1:11: "against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:"
1 Chronicles 6:58: "And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,"









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