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Hebronite

חֶבְרוֹנִיStrong’s H2276

chevroni (chev-ro-ni)

Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chevroni is the Hebrew word usually translated “hebronite”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

“And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.”
Numbers 3:27 KJV
Meaning
  1. The inhabitants of the city of Hebron
  2. The descendants of Hebron, the grandson of Levi
How it's translated
  • to the hebronite 3
  • the hebronite 2
  • of the hebronite 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 3
  • Numbers 2

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

חֶבְרוֹנִי chevroni · Hebronite

People descended from Hebron, man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.18; son of: Kohath (H6955); brother of: Amram (H6019), Izhar (H3324) and Uzziel (H5816); father of: Jeriah (H3404), Amariah (H0568I), Jahaziel (H3166I) and Jekameam (H3360) Group of chev.ron (חֶבְרוֹן "Hebron" H2275B) § Hebronites , of Hebron 1) the inhabitants of the city of Hebron 2) the descendants of Hebron, the grandson of Levi

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.