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Bible Dictionaries

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mamre

Concordances

Nave Topical Bible

Mamre

Thompson Chain Reference

Mamre

Dictionaries

American Tract Society

Mamre

Bridgeway Bible Dictionary

Mamre

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Plain of Mamre
Mamre

Fausset Bible Dictionary

Mamre

Holman Bible Dictionary

Mamre

Hitchcock Bible Names

Mamre

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Mamre

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Mamre

Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary

Mamre

Smith Bible Dictionary

Mamre

Watson's Theological Dictionary

Mamre

Encyclopedias

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Mamre

Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia

Mamre

McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia

Mamre

Lexicons

מַמְרֵא , מַמְרֵא

Manliness.

An Amoritish chief in alliance with Abraham (Genesis 14:13,24 ).

The name of the place in the neighbourhood of Hebron (q.v.) where Abraham dwelt (Genesis 23:17,19; 35:27 ); called also in Authorized Version (13:18) the "plain of Mamre," but in Revised Version more correctly "the oaks [marg., 'terebinths'] of Mamre." The name probably denotes the "oak grove" or the "wood of Mamre," thus designated after Abraham's ally.

This "grove" must have been within sight of or "facing" Machpelah (q.v.). The site of Mamre has been identified with Ballatet Selta, i.e., "the oak of rest", where there is a tree called "Abraham's oak," about a mile and a half west of Hebron. Others identify it with er-Rameh, 2 miles north of Hebron.

Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Mamre'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/mamre.html. 1897.

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