H1688a H1688a
Debir — a Canaanite royal city in Judah's hill country, anciently called Kiriath-sepher ('city of the book')
A place name identifying a Canaanite royal city in the southern highlands of Judah near Hebron, formerly known as Kiriath-sepher ('city of the book') and Kiriath-sannah. Its conquest is narrated twice: first by Joshua in the southern campaign (Josh 10:38-39; 11:21) and then by Othniel son of Kenaz, who wins Caleb's daughter Achsah as a prize for capturing it (Josh 15:15-17; Judg 1:11-13). Debir later appears among the Levitical cities assigned to the Aaronite priests (Josh 21:15; 1 Chr 6:43). All translations preserve the name unchanged: Debir across English, Spanish, French, and German.
Senses
1. Debir (place name) — The proper toponym Debir, designating a specific Canaanite city-state in the Judean hill country. It appears in conquest narratives (Josh 10:38-39; 11:21; 12:13), tribal boundary lists (Josh 15:15, 49), the Othniel episode (Judg 1:11-13), and Levitical city allocations (Josh 21:15; 1 Chr 6:43). The directional form Debirah occurs in Josh 10:38. One occurrence in Josh 10:3 names Debir as a personal name — the king of Eglon — though BDB treats this as a homonymous proper noun. Cross-linguistic glosses are transparent: Debir/Devir uniformly across all target languages. 13×
AR["دَبير", "دَبيرةَ", "دَبيرَ", "دَبيرُ", "دَبِيرَ", "لِ-دَبيرَ"]·ben["দবীর", "দবীরা", "দবীরে-তে", "দবীরের", "দবীরের-প্রতি"]·DE["Debir", "Devir", "Devirah", "[דביר]", "zu-Devir"]·EN["Debir", "Devir", "Devirah", "to-Devir"]·FR["Debir", "Devir", "Devirah", "[דביר]", "à-Devir"]·heb["דבִיר", "דביר", "דבירה", "ל-דבירה"]·HI["दबीर", "दबीरा", "दबीरा-को", "दवीर-का", "दवीर-के"]·ID["Debir", "ke-Debir", "terhadap-Debir"]·IT["Debir", "Devirah", "[דביר]", "a-Debir"]·jav["Dèbir", "Débir", "dhateng-Dèbir"]·KO["드비르로", "드비르를", "드비르에게", "드빌", "드빌로", "드빌의", "드빌이다", "에게-드비르에게"]·PT["(para) Devir", "Devir", "Devirah", "a-Devir"]·RU["Двир", "Двира", "Двиру", "Девир", "Девира", "в-Двир", "с-Двиром"]·ES["Debir", "Devir", "a-Debir"]·SW["Debiri", "kwa-Debiri"]·TR["Debir", "Debiraya", "Debirin", "Devir", "Devir'den", "Devir'e", "Devir'i", "Devir'in", "için-Devir'e"]·urd["دبیر", "دبیر-سے", "دبیر-کا", "دبیر-کو", "دبیر-کے", "دبیرہ-کو"]
Josh 10:3, Josh 10:38, Josh 10:39, Josh 11:21, Josh 12:13, Josh 15:7, Josh 15:15, Josh 15:15, Josh 15:49, Josh 21:15, Judg 1:11, Judg 1:11 (+1 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. דְּבִיר 1. n.pr.m. king of Eglon Jos 10:3. 2. n.pr.loc. a. דְּבִ֫רָה c. ָהloc., N. border Judah Jos 15:7 (westward Hup ψ 28:2). b. לִדְבִר town of the Gadites Jos 13:26, perhaps Lôdebâr 2 S 9:4 vid. לֹא דְבָר" dir="rtl" >לֹא דְבָר Di MV. c. דְּבִיר Ju 1:11(×2) 1 Ch 6:43, דְּבִרָה Jos 10:38, 39, elsewhere דְּבִר Jos 15:15 +, a royal city of Canaanites anciently called קִרְיַת סֵפֶר Jos 15:15…