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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50904" /> == | | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3265" /> == |
| <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> ''''' ē´fron ''''' ( עפרון , < i> ''''' ‛ephrōn ''''' </ i> ; Ἐφρών , <i> ''''' Ephrō̇n ''''' < /i> ): </ p> <p> ( 1) 2 Chronicles 13:19 : "And [[ Abijah]] pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth- el with the towns thereof, and [[ Jeshanah]] with the towns thereof, and [[ Ephron]] with the towns thereof. " Another reading is "Ephraim" ( Revised Version, margin). This is thought by many to be identical with [[ Ophrah]] ( עפרה , < i> ' '''' ‛ophrāh ''''' </ i> , Joshua 18: 23 ) and perhaps with [[ Ephraim]] (אפרים , < i> ''''' ' ephrayim ''''' </ i> , 2 Samuel 13:23 ) which both have been localized at the lofty town of < i> ''''' eṭ Ṭaiyibeh ''''' </ i> . </ p> <p> (2) A city east of the [[Jordan]] between [[Carnion]] (Ashteroth- karnain) and [[Scythopolis]] (Beisan): " Then [[Judas]] gathered together all the [[ Israelites]] that were in the country.... Now when they came unto Ephron (this was a great city in the way as they should go, very well fortified) they could not turn from it either on the right hand or on the left, but they must needs pass through the midst of it" ( 1 Macc 5:45, 46 the King James Version; < i> Ant < /i> , Xii , viii, 5; also 2 Macc 12: 27). [[ Buhl]] and Schumacher propose <i> ''''' Ḳaṣr [[ Wady]] el Ghafr ''''' </ i> , a ruined tower which completely commands the deep < i> ''''' Wady el Ghafr ''''' </i> , but the ruins appear to be scanty. </p> <p> ( 3) Mt. Ephron: The border of Judah is described ( Joshua 15:9 ) : " It went out to the cities of Mount Ephron ." The position will depend on that of [[ Nephtoah]] and of Kiriath- jearim. </p> |
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| == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31427" /> ==
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| <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 Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]] Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Ephron'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/ephron.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>
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| == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40048" /> ==
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| Genesis 23:8-20 Genesis 25:9-10 Genesis 49:30-33 Genesis 50:13 2 Joshua 15:9 2 Chronicles 13:19 Joshua 18:23 1 Samuel 13:17 2 Samuel 13:23 John 11:54
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| == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72532" /> ==
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| <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>
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| == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65986" /> ==
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| <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> | |
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| == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15958" /> ==
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| <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>
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| == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35164" /> ==
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| <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>
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39018" /> ==
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| <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>
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| == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15527" /> ==
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| <p> E´phron, a Hittite residing in Hebron, who sold to Abraham the cave and field of Machpelah as a family sepulcher . </p>
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| <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_3265"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ephron+(2) Ephron from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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| <ref name="term_31427"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/ephron Ephron from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_40048"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/ephron Ephron from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_72532"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/ephron Ephron from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_65986"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/ephron Ephron from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_15958"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/ephron Ephron from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_35164"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/ephron Ephron from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_39018"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ephron Ephron from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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| <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>
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
ē´fron ( עפרון , ‛ephrōn ; Ἐφρών , Ephrō̇n ):
(1) 2 Chronicles 13:19 : "And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephron with the towns thereof." Another reading is "Ephraim" (Revised Version, margin). This is thought by many to be identical with Ophrah ( עפרה , ‛ophrāh , Joshua 18:23 ) and perhaps with Ephraim (אפרים , 'ephrayim , 2 Samuel 13:23 ) which both have been localized at the lofty town of eṭ Ṭaiyibeh .
(2) A city east of the Jordan between Carnion (Ashteroth-karnain) and Scythopolis (Beisan): "Then Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the country.... Now when they came unto Ephron (this was a great city in the way as they should go, very well fortified) they could not turn from it either on the right hand or on the left, but they must needs pass through the midst of it" (1 Macc 5:45, 46 the King James Version; Ant , Xii , viii, 5; also 2 Macc 12:27). Buhl and Schumacher propose Ḳaṣr Wady el Ghafr , a ruined tower which completely commands the deep Wady el Ghafr , but the ruins appear to be scanty.
(3) Mt. Ephron: The border of Judah is described ( Joshua 15:9 ): "It went out to the cities of Mount Ephron." The position will depend on that of Nephtoah and of Kiriath-jearim.
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