Bible History
Bible History
Choose a Category

Mamre

Mamre Scripture - Genesis 50:13

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre....

Read More

Mamre in Wikipedia

Mamre (Hebrew: מַמְרֵא‎), full Hebrew name Elonei Mamre ("Oaks/Terebinths of Mamre"), refers to a Canaanite cultic shrine dedicated to the supreme, sky god of the Canaanite pantheon, El[1]. Talmudic sources refer to the site as Beth Ilanim or Botnah. it was one of the three most important "fairs", market place or caravanserai, in Palestine. It...

Read More

Mamre Scripture - Genesis 14:13

And 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....

Read More

Mamre Scripture - Genesis 23:17

And 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...

Read More

Mamre in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

An ancient Amorite. Genesis 13:18, "the plain (rather the oaks or terebinths) of Mamre"; Genesis 14:13; Genesis 14:24, brother of Eshcol, friend and ally of Abraham. The chieftain had planted the terebinths, or was associated with them as his tenting place; so "the oak of Deborah" (Judges 4:5). Mamre was less than a mile from Hebron (Josephus,...

Read More

Mamre in Hitchcock's Bible Names

rebellious; bitter; set with trees...

Read More

Mamre in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mam'-re (mamre'; Septuagint Mambre): (1) In Gen 14:24 Mamre is mentioned as the name of one of Abraham's allies, who in 14:13 is described as the Amorite, brother of Eschcol and Aner. 1. Biblical Data: The name of the grove of trees is evidently considered as derived from this sheikh or chieftain. The "oaks" ("terebinths") of Mamre where Abram ...

Read More

Mamre in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A plain near Hebron Abraham resides in Ge 13:18; 14:13 Entertains three angels, and is promised a son Ge 18:1-15 Isaac lives in Ge 35:27 -2. An Amorite and confederate of Abraham Ge 14:13,24...

Read More

Mamre in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(strength, fatness) an ancient Amorite, who with his brothers, Eshcol and Aner, was in alliance with Abram, Ge 14:13,51 and under the shade of whose oak grove the patriarch dwelt in the interval between his residence at Bethel and at Beersheba. ch. Ge 13:18; 18:1 In the subsequent chapters Mamre is a mere local appellation. ch, Ge 23:17,19; 25...

Read More

Mamre in Easton's Bible Dictionary

manliness. (1.) An Amoritish chief in alliance with Abraham (Gen. 14:13, 24). (2.) The name of the place in the neighbourhood of Hebron (q.v.) where Abraham dwelt (Gen. 23:17, 19; 35:27); called also in Authorized Version (13:18) the "plain of Mamre," but in Revised Version more correctly "the oaks [marg., 'terebinths'] of Mamre." The nam...

Read More

61 Bible Translations

Popular Articles

Explore the Bible Like Never Before!

Bible History Online

Bible Study Tools

Top Tags