Debir
דְּבִירStrong’s H1688devir (de-vir)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Devir is the Hebrew word usually translated “debir”, “debir towards” and “lo debar”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,”
Meaning
- Debir = "sanctuary"
- Lo-debar = "not a pasture"
- Lo-debar = "not a pasture"
- A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jos.10.3
How it's translated
- debir 10
- debir towards 2
- to debir 1
- lo debar 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 10
- Judges 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 10:38And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
- Joshua 10:39And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
- Joshua 11:21And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
- Joshua 12:13The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
- Joshua 13:26And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
- Joshua 15:7And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
Hebrew dictionary
דְּבִיר devir · Debir
Debir = "sanctuary" a town in the mountains of Judah west of Hebron and given to the priests and a city of refuge Also named: qir.yat san.nah (קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶר "Kiriath-sannah" H7158)
לִדְבִר lidvir · Debir
Lo-debar = "not a pasture" a town in Manasseh in Gilead east of the Jordan Another name of lo de.var (לֹא דְבָר "Lo-debar" H3810)
דְּבִיר devir · Debir
Lo-debar = "not a pasture" a town in Manasseh in Gilead east of the Jordan
דְּבִיר devir · Debir
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jos.10.3 § Lo-debar = "not a pasture" a town in Manasseh in Gilead east of the Jordan
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.