STRONGS NUMBER H1688


Word Summary
Debir: an Amorite king, also the name of several places in Palestine
Original Word: דְּבִיר
Transliteration: Debir
Phonetic Spelling: (deb-eer')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location a.
Short Definition: an Amorite king, also the name of several places in Palestine
Meaning: Debir -- an Amorite king, also the name of several places in Palestine
Strong's Concordance
Debir

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

see HEBREW Lo' Dbar

see HEBREW dbiyr

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1688. Debir

II. דְּבִיר1. proper name, masculine king of Eglon Joshua 10:3.

2. proper name, of a location a. דְּבִ֫רָה‎ with ָ ה‎ locative, northern border Judah Joshua 15:7 (westward Hup Psalm 28:2).

b. לִדְבִר‎ town of the Gadites Joshua 13:26, perhaps Lôdebâr 2 Samuel 9:4 see דְבָר לֹא‎ Di MV.

c. דְּבִירJudges 1:11 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 6:43, דְּבִרָהJoshua 10:38-39, elsewhere דְּבִר15:15 +, a royal city of Canaanites anciently called סֵפֶר קִרְיַת15:15; Judges 1:11, סַנָּה קִרְיַתJoshua 15:49; on the mountains of Judah, in region of Hebron 11:21; 15:49, assigned to the Aaronite priests 21:15 as a city of refuge 1 Chronicles 6:43; modern Dhoherîye, 5 hours southwest from Hebron, according to Kn, so Surveyiii. 402; other conjectures in Di Joshua 10:39 RiHWB 265.