Bible Location
Meaning: an orator; a word · 9 cross references · Modern-day map available
Debir was a Canaanite and later Israelite city in the hill country of Judah, also known in earlier form as Kiriath-sepher in related traditions. It is important because it appears in conquest and inheritance narratives linked with Caleb and Othniel. First appears in Josh 10:38.1
AI summary: Debir is significant because it belongs to the cluster of southern hill-country cities tied to conquest and tribal settlement. It is especially remembered in relation to Caleb's family and Othniel, giving it a place in the stories that connect military courage with inheritance. Though not among the Bible's largest cities, it carries real importance within Judah's early settlement memory. The cross references present Debir as a Judahite hill-country city of conquest and inheritance.1
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
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.