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Strong's #1688 - דְּבִר
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
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- Debir = "sanctuary"
- n pr m
- the king of Eglon, one of the five kings hanged by Joshua
- n pr loc
- a town in the mountains of Judah west of Hebron and given to the priests and a city of refuge
- a place on the northern boundary of Judah
- a town in the territory of Gad
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2. proper name, of a location a.דְּבִ֫רָה with ָ ה locative, northern border Judah Joshua 15:7 ( westward Hup Psalm 28:2).
b.לִדְבִר town of the Gadites Joshua 13:26, perhaps Lôdebâr 2 Samuel 9:4 see לֹא דְבָר Di MV.
c.דְּבִיר Judges 1:11 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 6:43, דְּבִרָה Joshua 10:38,39, elsewhere דְּבִר Joshua 15:15 +, a royal city of Canaanites anciently called קִרְיַת סֵפֶר Joshua 15:15; Judges 1:11, קִרְיַת סַנָּה Joshua 15:49; on the mountains of Judah, in region of Hebron Joshua 11:21; Joshua 15:49, assigned to the Aaronite priests Joshua 21:15 as a city of refuge 1 Chronicles 6:43; modern Dhoherîye, 5 hours southwest from Hebron, according to Kn, so Survey iii. 402; other conjectures in D1Joshua 10:39 Ri HWB 265.
