Debir — the meaning of the Hebrew name לֹא דְבַר

לֹא דְבַר

Lôʼ Dᵉbar · pronounced lo deb-ar' · Strong's H3810 · a place · also spelled Lodebar

Debir means pastureless.

Built from

לֹא lôʼ (from, H3808) — (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle open in the lexicon ›

דֹּבֶר dôber (and, H1699) — a pasture (from its arrangement of the flock) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or לוֹ דבַר; (Samuel 9:4,5), or לִדְבִר; (Joshua 13:26), (probably rather לֹדְבַר ); from H3808 and H1699; pastureless; Lo-Debar, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

2Sam 9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo–debar. (KJV)

Every verse that names Debir

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 2 Samuel

2Sam 9:42Sam 9:52Sam 17:27

Other people or places called Debir

Debir (H1688) — Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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