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ʿefrōn עֶפְרוֹן ‘Ephron’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as ʿēfer עֵ֫פֶר ‘Epher’
Roots: עפר

ʿefrōn pr n m pers + pr n loc
Ephron = "fawn-like"
n pr m
1) a Hittite, son of Zohar and the one from whom Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah
n pr loc
2) a city on the borders of Benjamin
3) a mountain on the northern border of Judah

Mentioned in Genesis 49:29, 23:10, 23:14, 23:16, 49:30, 50:13, 23:13, 25:9, 23:8, 23:17 Joshua 15:9 2 Chronicles 13:19

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