Mamre

Manliness. (1.) An Amoritish chief in alliance with Abraham (Gen. 14:13, 24). (2.) 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.

(strength, fatness) an ancient Amorite, who with his brothers, Eshcol and Aner, was in alliance with Abram, (Genesis 14:13,51) and under the shade of whose oak grove the patriarch dwelt in the interval between his residence at Bethel and at Beersheba. ch. (Genesis 13:18; 18:1) In the subsequent chapters Mamre is a mere local appellation. ch, (Genesis 23:17,19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13)

MAM'RE (fatness, strength), an Amorite chief with whom Abraham made an alliance, Gen 14:13, and who gave his name to certain localities in his possessions.

MAM'RE, a place near Hebron, so called after the Amorite chief, Gen 14:13, Jud 6:24; Gen 23:19; Gen 35:27, and it is also the name of a plain and a grove at Hebron by which Abraham dwelt and entertained three angels. Gen 13:18; Gen 18:1. It was near Machpelah. Gen 23:17, Acts 1:19; Gen 25:9; Gen 49:30; Gen 50:13. The grove of terebinths is supposed to have been the place called by the Arabs er-Rameh or Ramet-et-Khulil , one hour from Hebron. The site of Mamre is shown, on the sheet-maps of the Palestine Exploration Fund, at Ballatet Selta, or "oak of rest," a fine old tree near the modern Russian hospice. The tree is called Abraham's Oak. Near the site is a spring. See Hebron.

rebellious; bitter; set with trees

MAM'RE, a place near Hebron, so called after the Amorite chief, Gen 14:13, Jud 6:24; Gen 23:19; Gen 35:27, and it is also the name of a plain and a grove at Hebron by which Abraham dwelt and entertained three angels. Gen 13:18; Gen 18:1. It was near Machpelah. Gen 23:17, Acts 1:19; Gen 25:9; Gen 49:30; Gen 50:13. The grove of terebinths is supposed to have been the place called by the Arabs er-Rameh or Ramet-et-Khulil , one hour from Hebron. The site of Mamre is shown, on the sheet-maps of the Palestine Exploration Fund, at Ballatet Selta, or "oak of rest," a fine old tree near the modern Russian hospice. The tree is called Abraham's Oak. Near the site is a spring. See Hebron. MAN is, in our English Bible, the rendering of four different Hebrew words. Adam, Gen 1:26, from a root which signifies "to be red" or "ruddy," which among the Shemites means as much as "fair." This word is generally used as the generic name for the human race. Gen 5:2; Gen 8:21; Deut 8:3. Ish, man as distinguished from woman, 1 Sam 17:33; then husband. Gen 3:16; Hos 2:16; superior, Prov 8:4; Ps 141:4; the male of animals. Gen 7:2, etc. Geber, from a root signifying "to be strong," denotes man in contradistinction from woman, Deut 22:5, or from children, Ex 12:37, though it is also used collectively. Job 4:17; Job 14:10. Methim, "mortal." Isa 12:14. See Adam and Son of Man.