Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude"

1. friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

possession, property

1. land

2. possession by inheritance

land, earth

1. earth

   1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

   2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

   3. earth (inhabitants)

2. land

   1. country, territory

   2. district, region

   3. tribal territory

   4. piece of ground

   5. land of Canaan, Israel

   6. inhabitants of land

   7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

   8. city (-state)

3. ground, surface of the earth

   1. ground

   2. soil

4. (in phrases)

   1. people of the land

   2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

   3. level or plain country

   4. land of the living

   5. end(s) of the earth

5. (almost wholly late in usage)

   1. lands, countries

      1. often in contrast to Canaan

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

with, near, together with

1. with, together with

2. with (of relationship)

3. near (of place)

4. with (poss.)

5. from...with, from (with other prep)

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Hittite = "descendant of Heth"

1. the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon

Canaan = "lowland"

1. the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine

   proper locative noun

2. the land west of the Jordan peopled by the descendants of Canaan and subsequently conquered by the Israelites under Joshua

   masculine noun

3. merchant, trader

Machpelah = "double" or "portion"

1. the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron

Mamre = "strength" or "fatness"

1. an Amorite who allied himself with Abram

   proper locative noun

2. an oak grove on Mamre's land in Palestine where Abraham dwelt

3. a place near Abraham's burial place, apparently identified with Hebron

cave, den, hole

to lift, bear up, carry, take

1. (Qal)

   1. to lift, lift up

   2. to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure

   3. to take, take away, carry off, forgive

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be lifted up, be exalted

   2. to lift oneself up, rise up

   3. to be borne, be carried

   4. to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away

3. (Piel)

   1. to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist

   2. to desire, long (fig.)

   3. to carry, bear continuously

   4. to take, take away

4. (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause one to bear (iniquity)

   2. to cause to bring, have brought

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Ephron = "fawn-like"

1. a Hittite, son of Zohar and the one from whom Abraham bought the field and cave of Machpelah

   proper locative noun

2. a city on the borders of Benjamin

3. a mountain on the northern border of Judah

face

1. face, faces

2. presence, person

3. face (of seraphim or cherubim)

4. face (of animals)

5. face, surface (of ground)

6. as adv of loc/temp

   1. before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before

7. with prep

   1. in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

to bury

1. (Qal) to bury

2. (Niphal) to be buried

3. (Piel) to bury, bury (in masses)

4. (Pual) to be buried

grave, sepulchre, tomb

to get, acquire, create, buy, possess

1. (Qal)

   1. to get, acquire, obtain

      1. of God originating, creating, redeeming His people

         1. possessor

      2. of Eve acquiring

      3. of acquiring knowledge, wisdom

   2. to buy

2. (Niphal) to be bought

3. (Hiphil) to cause to possess

field, land

1. cultivated field

2. of home of wild beasts

3. plain (opposed to mountain)

4. land (opposed to sea)