H4375 - מַכְפֵּלָה (Makpêlâh)

H4375 מַכְפֵּלָה (Makpêlâh) mak-pay-law'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Machpelah

Biblical Persons & Places

Machpelah Machpelah

A location first mentioned at Gen.23.9; only referred to as Machpelah (מַכְפֵּלָה).

Strong's Definition

Makpelah, a place in Palestine

Derivation: from H3717 (כָּפַל); a fold;

KJV Usage: Machpelah.

TWOT Reference: 1019b

Outline of Biblical Usage

Machpelah = "double" or "portion"

1) the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Machpelah = "double" or "portion" the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַכְפֵּלָה makpêlâh BDB Definition: Machpelah = double or portion 1) the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3717 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1019b Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (6)

23:9 23:17 23:19 25:9 49:30 50:13

Genesis 23:9

to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that [I may have] a burial site.

Genesis 23:17

So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre -, the cave that [was] in it, and all the trees within the boundaries... of the field were deeded over

Genesis 23:19

After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near... Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 25:9

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near... Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

Genesis 49:30

The cave is in the field of Machpelah near... Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

Genesis 50:13

They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near... Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial... site.