Strong H1688H1688Aדְּבִיר

Debir

Transliteration: debîyr debir
Pronunciation: {deb-eer'} deb-eer'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Debir, also known as Kiriath-sannah or Kiriath-sepher, was a Canaanite city captured by Joshua and later by Caleb's family.

Meaning of the name

Debir = "sanctuary"

General definition

The second form used in (but see H3810); the same as H1687; {Debir} the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine: - Debir.

In the biblical story

Debir

Canaanite city captured by Joshua and Caleb's family.

Debir, also known as Kiriath-sannah or Kiriath-sepher, was a Canaanite city captured by Joshua and later by Caleb's family.

In the Bible

Strong H1688A appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

debir9

First verses

Joshua 10:38
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
Joshua 10:39
And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
Joshua 11:21
And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
Joshua 12:13
The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
Joshua 15:15
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath–sepher.
Joshua 15:49
And Dannah, and Kirjath–sannah, which is Debir,
Joshua 21:15
And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
Judges 1:11
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath–sepher:
1 Chronicles 6:58
And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,