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Genesis 23

Gen. 23:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Sarah
Sarah (Hebrew #8283)
Sarah, Abraham's wife
KJV usage: Sarah.
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: the same as 8282
died
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
in Kirjath-arba
Qiryath (Hebrew #7153)
from 7151 and 704 or 702; city of Arba, or city of the four (giants); Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Kirjath-arba.
Pronounce: `Arba`
Origin: or (with the article interposed) Qiryath ha- Arbaw (Neh. 11:25) {keer-yath' haw-ar-bah'}
x; the same is Hebron
Chebrown (Hebrew #2275)
seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Hebron.
Pronounce: kheb-rone'
Origin: from 2267
y in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Canaan
Kna`an (Hebrew #3667)
humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
KJV usage: Canaan, merchant, traffick.
Pronounce: ken-ah'-an
Origin: from 3665
: and Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to mourn
caphad (Hebrew #5594)
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
KJV usage: lament, mourn(-er), wail.
Pronounce: saw-fad'
Origin: a primitive root
for Sarah
Sarah (Hebrew #8283)
Sarah, Abraham's wife
KJV usage: Sarah.
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: the same as 8282
, and to weep
bakah (Hebrew #1058)
to weep; generally to bemoan
KJV usage: X at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, X more, mourn, X sore, X with tears, weep.
Pronounce: baw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
for her.
x
Josh. 14:15• 15Now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; the great man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from, war. (Josh. 14:15)
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Judg. 1:10• 10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron—the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; and they slew Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai. (Judg. 1:10)
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Gen. 23:19• 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. (Gen. 23:19)
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Gen. 13:18• 18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah. (Gen. 13:18)
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2 Sam. 5:3• 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and King David made a league with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel. (2 Sam. 5:3)

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Abraham,
Canaan,
Hebron,
Kirjath-arba,
Sarah; Sarai; Sara

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Kirjath-arba.
Gen. 23:19• 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. (Gen. 23:19)
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Gen. 13:18• 18Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah. (Gen. 13:18)
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Num. 13:22• 22And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. (Num. 13:22)
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Josh. 10:39• 39And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: as he had done to Hebron, and as he had done to Libnah, and to the king thereof, so he did to Debir and to the king thereof. (Josh. 10:39)
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Josh. 14:14‑15• 14Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed Jehovah the God of Israel.
 15Now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; the great man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from, war. (Josh. 14:14‑15)
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Josh. 20:7• 7And they hallowed Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, in the hill-country of Judah. (Josh. 20:7)
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Judg. 1:10• 10And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron—the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; and they slew Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai. (Judg. 1:10)
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1 Sam. 20:31• 31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. (1 Sam. 20:31)
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2 Sam. 2:11• 11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. (2 Sam. 2:11)
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2 Sam. 5:3,5• 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and King David made a league with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel.
 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. (2 Sam. 5:3,5)
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1 Chron. 6:57• 57And to the children of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs, (1 Chron. 6:57)
came.For the convenience of feeding his numerous flocks, Abraham had several places of temporary residence; and it is likely, that while he sojourned at Beer-sheba, as we find he did from ver. 19 of the preceding chapter, Sarah died at Hebron, which was 24 miles distant.mourn.
Gen. 27:41• 41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob. (Gen. 27:41)
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Gen. 50:10• 10And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented with a great and very grievous lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father of seven days. (Gen. 50:10)
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Num. 20:29• 29And the whole assembly saw that Aaron was dead, and they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even the whole house of Israel. (Num. 20:29)
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Deut. 34:8• 8And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. (Deut. 34:8)
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1 Sam. 28:3• 3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and they had buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. (1 Sam. 28:3)
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2 Sam. 1:12,17• 12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
 17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son; (2 Sam. 1:12,17)
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2 Chron. 35:25• 25And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentation to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel; and behold they are written in the Lamentations. (2 Chron. 35:25)
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Jer. 22:10,18• 10Weep ye not for the dead , neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
 18Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! (Jer. 22:10,18)
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Ezek. 24:16‑18• 16Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
 17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
 18So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. (Ezek. 24:16‑18)
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John 11:31,35• 31The Jews therefore who were with her in the house and consoling her, having seen Mary that she quickly rose up and went out, followed her, thinking she goeth unto the tomb, that she may weep there.
 35Jesus wept. (John 11:31,35)
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Acts 8:2• 2And devout men buried Stephen and made great wailing over him. (Acts 8:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Sarah died in Kirjath-Arba: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.