1. Debir (place name) — A proper geographical name for Debir (Hebrew דְּבִיר), a Canaanite royal city in the southern hill country of Judah conquered by Joshua and later by Othniel (Josh 10:38-39, 11:21, 15:15-17; Judg 1:11-12). All three clusters are grammatical variants of the same toponym: the primary citation form 'Debir/Devir' (eng Devir/Debir, spa Debir/Devir, hin दबीर/दवीर-के, arb دَبيرَ/دَبِيرَ, kor 드빌의/드빌, swa Debiri), a dative/directional form 'to Debir' (eng to-Devir, spa a-Debir, hin दबीरा-को, arb لِ-دَبيرَ, kor 에게-드비르에게/드비르로, swa kwa-Debiri), and a suffixed variant 'Devirah' (eng Devirah, spa Debir, hin दबीरा, arb دَبيرةَ, kor 드빌로, swa Debiri). The Arabic and Hindi transliterations دَبيرَ/دَبِيرَ and दबीर/दवीर confirm these are all renderings of one place name. 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)
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† 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…