Ephron the Hittite

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• EPHRON — (Heb. עֶפְרוֹן ,עֶפְרֹן), son of Zohar, from whom abraham purchased the cave of machpelah and the field east of Mamre (Gen. 23; 25:9; 49:29–30; 50:13). Abraham sought a   burial site for Sarah, but as he was a resident alien, he did not own land …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Ephron —    Fawn like.    1) The son of Zohar a Hittite, the owner of the field and cave of Machpelah (q.v.), which Abraham bought for 400 shekels of silver (Gen. 23:8 17; 25:9; 49:29, 30).    2) A mountain range which formed one of the landmarks on the… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Biblical Hittites — The Hittites (also Hethites) and children of Heth are a people or peoples mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. They are listed in Book of Genesis as second of the twelve Canaanite nations, descended from one Heth (חת ḤT in the consonant only Hebrew… …   Wikipedia

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• Hittites — For the people of the Hebrew Bible, see Biblical Hittites. The Hittites were a Bronze Age people of Anatolia. They established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north central Anatolia c. the 18th century BC. The Hittite empire reached its… …   Wikipedia

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