King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4471
Transliteration: Mamre
Phonetic Spelling: (mam-ray')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: a place in Palestine, also an ally of Abraham
Meaning: Mamre -- a place in Palestine, also an ally of Abraham
Word Summary
Mamre: a place in Palestine, also an ally of Abraham
Original Word: מַמְרֵאTransliteration: Mamre
Phonetic Spelling: (mam-ray')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: a place in Palestine, also an ally of Abraham
Meaning: Mamre -- a place in Palestine, also an ally of Abraham
Strong's Concordance
Mamre From mara' (in the sense of vigor); lusty; Mamre, an Amorite -- Mamre.
see HEBREW mara'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4471. Mamre
מַמְרֵא proper name, masculine and
of a location Mamre, only in Genesis:
1 in J only מַמְרֵא אֵלֹנֵי terebinths of Mamre (proper name, masculine?), Genesis 13:18 (defined by בְּחֶבְרוֺן אֲשֶׁר), 18:1 (in both the dwelling-place of Abraham).
2. proper name, masculine in Genesis 14:13 (מ ׳אֵלֹנֵי הָאֱמֹרִי), compare 14:24 (where ally of Abraham)
3. proper name, of a location in P: near Abraham's place of burial Genesis 23:17; 25:9; 49:30; 50:3; apparently identified with Hebron 23:19; 35:27, compare Di. — ᵐ5 Μαμβρη.
מִמְשַׁח see משׁח.
מֶמְשֶׁ֫לֶת מֶמְשָׁלָה, מִמְשָׁל, see משׁל
[מִמְשָׁק] see משׁק. מַמְתַֿקִּים see מתק.