Mamre
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....
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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 ...
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-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...
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(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...
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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...
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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,...
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rebellious; bitter; set with trees...
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