Topic
Ephron
6 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 23:8–17Easton · Smith · Nave 1. Son of Zohar, the Hittite — Sells to Abraham the field containing the cave Machpelah
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as…
- Genesis 25:9Easton · Smith · Nave 1. Son of Zohar, the Hittite — Sells to Abraham the field containing the cave Machpelah
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
- Genesis 49:29Easton · Smith · Nave 1. Son of Zohar, the Hittite — Sells to Abraham the field containing the cave Machpelah
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
- Genesis 49:30Easton · Smith · Nave 1. Son of Zohar, the Hittite — Sells to Abraham the field containing the cave Machpelah
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
- Genesis 50:13Smith · Nave 1. Son of Zohar, the Hittite — Sells to Abraham the field containing the cave Machpelah
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
- Joshua 15:9Easton · Nave 2. A mountain on the boundary line between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
Fawn-like. (1.) The son of Zohar a Hittite, the owner of the field and cave of Machpelah (q.v.), which Abraham bought for 400 shekels of silver (Gen. 23:8-17; 25:9; 49:29, 30).
(2.) A mountain range which formed one of the landmarks on the north boundary of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:9), probably the range on the west side of the Wady Beit-Hanina.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.