Strong H4375מַכְפֵּלָה
Machpelah
- Transliteration
- makpêlâh
- Pronunciation
- mak-pay-law'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
From H3717; a fold;
{Makpelah} a place in Palestine: - Machpelah.
{Makpelah} a place in Palestine: - Machpelah.
Meaning of the name
Machpelah = "double" or "portion"
Detailed definition
Machpelah, a cave near Hebron purchased by Abraham as a burial place for Sarah and later used for other patriarchs (Genesis 23:9, 17-19).
In the biblical story
Machpelah
A cave near Hebron; burial place of patriarchs
Machpelah, a cave near Hebron purchased by Abraham as a burial place for Sarah and later used for other patriarchs (Genesis 23:9, 17-19).
In the Bible
Strong H4375 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- machpelah6
First verses
- Genesis 23:9That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
- Genesis 23:17And 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
- Genesis 23:19And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 25:9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
- Genesis 49:30In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
- Genesis 50:13For 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.