דְּבִיר

Strong’s Definition

Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

or (shortened) דְּבִר; (Joshua 13:26 (but see H3810 (לֹא דְבַר))), the same as H1687 (דְּבִיר);

KJV Usage

Debir.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr m) the king of eglon, one of the five kings hanged by joshua
• 2.(n pr loc) a town in the mountains of judah west of hebron and given to the priests and a city of refuge
• 3.a place on the northern boundary of judah
• 4.a town in the territory of gad

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Dᵉbîyr; Pronunciation: deb-eer'