Difference between revisions of "Ephron"

== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15958" /> ==

<p> A Hittite, dwelling at [[Hebron]] in the time of Abraham, [[Genesis]] 23:1 - 20 . The charming account of his transaction with Abraham, and the frequent subsequent mention of his name, point him out as a prince in the land. </p>

<li> A mountain range which formed one of the landmarks on the north boundary of the tribe of [[Judah]] (Joshua 15:9 ), probably the range on the west side of the [[Wady]] Beit-Hanina. <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Ephron'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/ephron.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> Zohar's son, a Hittite; owner of the field facing Mature or Hebron, and the cave in the field. [[Abraham]] bought it from [[Ephron]] for 400 shekels of silver (Genesis 23; 25; 49). </p>

[[Genesis]] 23:8-20Genesis 25:9-10Genesis 49:30-33Genesis 50:132Joshua 15:92 Chronicles 13:19Joshua 18:231 Samuel 13:172 Samuel 13:23John 11:54

== Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_45581" /> ==

 

== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50904" /> ==

<p> <strong> EPHRON </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . The [[Hittite]] from whom [[Abraham]] purchased the field or plot of ground in which was the cave of [[Machpelah]] ( [[Genesis]] 23:1-20 ). The purchase is described with great particularity; and the transactions between [[Ephron]] and Abraham are conducted with an elaborate courtesy characteristic of Oriental proceedings. Ephron received 400 shekels’ weight of silver (23:15): coined money apparently did not exist at that time. If we compare the sale of the site with other instances ( Genesis 33:19 , 1 Kings 16:24 ), Ephron seems to have made a good bargain. <strong> 2 </strong> . A mountain district, containing cities, on the border of Judah, between [[Nephtoah]] and Kiriath-jearim ( Joshua 15:9 ). The ridge W. of [[Bethlehem]] seems intended. <strong> 3 </strong> . A strong fortress in the W. part of [[Bashan]] between Ashteroth-karnaim and [[Bethshean]] ( 1Ma 5:46 ff., 2Ma 12:27 ). The site is unknown. <strong> 4 </strong> . In 2 Chronicles 13:19 RV [Note: Revised Version.] reads <em> Ephron </em> for AV [Note: Authorized Version.] <em> [[Ephrain]] </em> . The place referred to is probably the <strong> [[Ephraim]] </strong> of John 11:54 . See Ephraim (city), No. <strong> 2 </strong> . </p>

<p> [[Son]] of Zohar, a Hittite, and from whom [[Abraham]] bought the field of Mamre, containing the cave of Machpelah. [[Genesis]] 23:8-17; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 49:29,30; Genesis 50:13 . </p>

== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72532" /> ==

<p> Eph'ron. (fawn-like). The son of Zochar, a Hittite, from whom [[Abraham]] bought the field and cave of Machpelah. [[Genesis]] 23:8-17; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 49:29-30; Genesis 50:13. (B.C. 1860). </p>

== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15527" /> ==

<p> E´phron, a [[Hittite]] residing in Hebron, who sold to [[Abraham]] the cave and field of [[Machpelah]] as a family sepulcher . </p>

<p> (Hebrews Ephron', עֶפְרוֹן , signif. doubtful; Sept. Ε᾿φρών, Vulg. Ephron), the name of a man and also of two or three places. </p> <p> 1. The son of Zohar, a Hittite; the owner of a field which lay facing [[Mamre]] or Hebron, and of the cave contained therein, which [[Abraham]] bought from him for 400 shekels of silver (Genesis 23:8-17; [[Genesis]] 25:9; Genesis 49:29-30; Genesis 1:1-31; Genesis 13:1-18). B.C. 2027. By [[Josephus]] (Ant. 1:14) the name is given as [[Ephraim]] (Ε᾿φράιμος, and the purchase-money 40 shekels. (See [[Abraham]]). </p> <p> 2. The textual reading (but with initial א ) in the Masoretic Bible, and the marginal in the A.V. for EPHRAIM (See [[Ephraim]]) (q.v.), a city within the borders of the kingdom of [[Israel]] (2 Chronicles 13:19). 3. A mountain, the "cities" of which formed one of the landmarks on the northern boundary of the tribe of [[Judah]] (Joshua 15:9), between the "water of Nephtoah" and Kirjath-jearim. As these latter are with great probability identified with [[Ain]] Yalo and Kuriet el-enab, Mount [[Ephron]] is probably the elevated region on the south side of wady Beit-Hanina (traditional valley of the Terebinth), near its junction with wady Ain- Haniyeh or wady el-Werd. This seems to be the "high plain" indicated by Schwarz (Palest. page 96) as appropriately called Mount Ephron, in comparison with the deep valleys adjoining. The "cities of Mount Ephron" may then be denoted by such ruined sites as el-Sus and Mar-Zakaria in this vicinity. </p> <p> 4. A very strong city (πόλις μεγάλη ὀχυρά σφόδρα ) on the east of Jordan, between [[Carnaim]] (AshterothKarnaim) and Bethshean, attacked and demolished by [[Judas]] Maccabaeus (1 [[Maccabees]] 5:46-52; 2 Maccabees 12:27-28; Josephus, Ant. 12:8, 5). From the description in these two passages it appears to have been situated in a defile or valley, and to have completely occupied 'the pass. It was possibly near the outlet of the [[Jabbok]] into the Jordan. Kildens conjectures (Landes, kunde von Palistina, Berl. 1817, page 75) that it was the present Kulat er-Rubud, a strong Saracenic castle on the top of a hill up the wady Rajib, and the residence of the chief of Jebel Ajlun (Burckhardt, Syria, page 266 sq.; Robinson, Researches, 2:121; 3:166). </p>

<ref name="term_15958"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/ephron Ephron from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_45581"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/ephron Ephron from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref>

<ref name="term_50904"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/ephron Ephron from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

<ref name="term_72532"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/ephron Ephron from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_15527"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/ephron Ephron from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>