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Makpelah <a href="../hebrew/4376.htm" title="4376">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Makpelah: Machpelah</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">מַכְפֵּלָה</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Location<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Makpelah<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>mak-peh-LAH<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(mak-pay-law')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Machpelah<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Makpelah<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Hebrew root כפל (kaphal), meaning "to double" or "to fold."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for Machpelah in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to Hebrew texts.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "Machpelah" refers to a specific burial site mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It is known as the Cave of Machpelah, a significant location in the patriarchal narratives of Genesis. The name itself suggests a "double" or "folded" cave, possibly indicating its structure or the presence of multiple chambers.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The Cave of Machpelah is located in Hebron, in the land of Canaan. It holds great historical and religious significance as the burial place of the patriarchs and matriarchs of Israel. According to biblical tradition, Abraham purchased this cave from Ephron the Hittite as a family burial site. It is traditionally considered the burial place of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Leah. The site is revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and it remains a place of pilgrimage and veneration.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/3717.htm">kaphal</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a place near Hebron<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Machpelah (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מַכְמֵּלָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, of a location</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>near Hebron</b></font>, where the patriarchs and their wives were buried, only in P, always with article; <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שׂדה אשׁר בַּמּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/23-17.htm">Genesis 23:17</a>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מְעָדַת הַמּ</font> <em>the cave of Machpelah</em> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/23-9.htm">Genesis 23:9</a>, <a href="/interlinear/genesis/25-9.htm">Genesis 25:9</a>, <font class="hebrew2">מְעָרַת</font><font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שְׂדֵה הַמּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/23-19.htm">Genesis 23:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/genesis/50-13.htm">Genesis 50:13</a>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מְעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂדֵה הַמּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/49-30.htm">Genesis 49:30</a>. — compare Buhl<sup>Geogr. 160, 161.</sup> — (Evidently originally appellative, but meaning dubious; <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">τό διπλοῦν</font>; according to Thes = <em>part, lot</em>, <em>portion</em>, as Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb049510.gif">). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Machpelah <p>From <a href="/hebrew/3717.htm">kaphal</a>; a fold; Makpelah, a place in Palestine -- Machpelah. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3717.htm">kaphal</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה במכפלה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙ המכפלה bam·maḵ·pê·lāh bammachpeLah bammaḵpêlāh ham·maḵ·pê·lāh hammachpeLah hammaḵpêlāh<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/23-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 23:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ מְעָרַ֤ת <b> הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙ </b> אֲשֶׁר־ ל֔וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> me the cave <span class="itali">of Machpelah</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> me the cave <span class="itali">of Machpelah,</span> which he hath, which [is] in the end<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/23-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> may give the cave <span class="itali">of Machpelah</span> which which<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/23-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 23:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֶפְר֗וֹן אֲשֶׁר֙ <b> בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה </b> אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> which <span class="itali">was in Machpelah,</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Ephron, <span class="itali">which [was] in Machpelah,</span> which [was] before<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/23-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Ephron's which <span class="itali">Machpelah</span> which faced<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/23-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 23:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מְעָרַ֞ת שְׂדֵ֧ה <b> הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה </b> עַל־ פְּנֵ֥י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the field <span class="itali">at Machpelah</span> facing<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the field <span class="itali">of Machpelah</span> before<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/23-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the cave of the field <span class="itali">Machpelah</span> and facing<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/25-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 25:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/25.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶל־ מְעָרַ֖ת <b> הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה </b> אֶל־ שְׂדֵ֞ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/25.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> him in the cave <span class="itali">of Machpelah,</span> in the field<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/25.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> him in the cave <span class="itali">of Machpelah,</span> in the field<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/25-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the cave <span class="itali">of Machpelah</span> in the field<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/49-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 49:30</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/49.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲשֶׁ֨ר בִּשְׂדֵ֧ה <b> הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה </b> אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/49.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that is in the field <span class="itali">of Machpelah,</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/49.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that [is] in the field <span class="itali">of Machpelah,</span> which [is] before<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/49-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> which the field <span class="itali">of Machpelah</span> which is<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/50-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 50:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/50.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בִּמְעָרַ֖ת שְׂדֵ֣ה <b> הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה </b> אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָנָה֩</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/50.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the field <span class="itali">of Machpelah</span> before<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/50.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the field <span class="itali">of Machpelah,</span> which Abraham<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/50-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the cave of the field <span class="itali">of Machpelah</span> which had bought<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4375.htm">6 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4375.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4375<br>6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/bammachpelah_4375.htm">bam·maḵ·pê·lāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hammachpelah_4375.htm">ham·maḵ·pê·lāh — 5 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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