Mamre
מַמְרֵאStrong’s H4471mamre (mam-re)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mamre is the Hebrew word usually translated “mamre”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.”
Meaning
- § Mamre = "strength" or "fatness"
- An Amorite who allied himself with Abram
- An oak grove on Mamre's land in Palestine where Abraham dwelt
- A place near Abraham's burial place, apparently identified with Hebron
How it's translated
- mamre 9
- and mamre 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 10
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 14:13And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
- Genesis 14:24Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- Genesis 18:1And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
- Genesis 23:17And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
- Genesis 23:19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 25:9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Hebrew dictionary
מַמְרֵא mamre · Mamre
§ Mamre = "strength" or "fatness" an oak grove on Mamre's land in Palestine where Abraham dwelt a place near Abraham's burial place, apparently identified with Hebron
מַמְרֵא mamre · Mamre
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.14.13; brother of: Eshcol (H0812) and Aner (H6063) § Mamre = "strength" or "fatness" 1) an Amorite who allied himself with Abram 2) an oak grove on Mamre's land in Palestine where Abraham dwelt 3) a place near Abraham's burial place, apparently identified with Hebron
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.