Makpêlâh — H4375

Definition

locative proper noun

Makpelah, a place in Palestine

1. Machpelah = "double" or "portion"
2. the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron

Usually translated as

Machpelah

Origin

from H3717; a fold

• Derived from Kâphal (H3717)

Occurrences

Makpêlâh occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6)

• Genesis 23:9 — That he may give me the cave of Machpelah (הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙), which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
• Genesis 23:17 — And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah (בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה), which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
• Genesis 23:19 — And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah (הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה) before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
• Genesis 25:9 — And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah (הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה), in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
• Genesis 49:30 — In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah (הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה), which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
• Genesis 50:13 — For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah (הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה), which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.