King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1688
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
Word Summary
Debir: an Amorite king, also the name of several places in Palestine
Original Word: דְּבִירTransliteration: 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. דְּבִיר 1. 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. דְּבִיר Judges 1:11 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 6:43, דְּבִרָה Joshua 10:38-39, elsewhere דְּבִר 15:15 +, a royal city of Canaanites anciently called סֵפֶר קִרְיַת 15:15; Judges 1:11, סַנָּה קִרְיַת Joshua 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.