Bible Location
Meaning: rebellious; bitter; set with trees · 6 cross references · Modern-day map available
Mamre was the grove or district near Hebron closely associated with Abraham's dwelling place and the field of Machpelah. It is important because it belongs to the landscape of patriarchal hospitality, residence, burial, and covenant memory. First appears in Gen 23:17.1
Place meaning
rebellious; bitter; set with trees
Coordinates
31.55, 35.09
First appears
Gen 23:17
AI summary: Mamre is one of the place names that gives texture to Abraham's life in the land. It is the setting around Hebron where Abraham dwells, where covenant relationships are formed, and where the burial field of Machpelah lies in view. Because of that, Mamre sits close to some of the most personal moments in Genesis: home, alliance, loss, burial, and the passing of generations. The cross references present Mamre as part of the intimate patriarchal landscape around Hebron rather than as a merely incidental landmark.1
Place meaning
rebellious; bitter; set with trees
Latitude
31.55
Longitude
35.09
Bible references
6
The name of the place in the neighbourhood of Hebron (q.v.) where Abraham dwelt (Gen. 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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.