Atlas Biblica

    name · 3 places and 1 person

    Debir

    3 places and 1 person in the registry answer to the name Debir. One of them is named otherwise and called Debir in the text.

    Debir is named far more often than the others together, so a search for the bare name lands there rather than here.

    01 — Candidates

    Which Debir

    Ordered by how often the text names each one, the entities called Debir before those that answer to it. Where two read the same, the registry says no more than that — the first reference is what separates them.

    1. Debirplace

      First named in Joshua 10:38 · 11 verses

      Debir, also known as Kiriath-sannah or Kiriath-sepher, was a Canaanite city captured by Joshua and later by Caleb's family.STEPBible TIPNR

    2. Debirpersonholds /people/debir/

      First named in Joshua 10:3 · one verse

      Debir was the Amorite king of Eglon who joined a coalition against Joshua but was defeated.STEPBible TIPNR

    3. Debirplace

      First named in Joshua 15:7 · one verse

      Debir, a place on the northern border of Judah, distinct from the city of Debir (<ref="Joshua 15:7">Joshua 15:7</ref>).STEPBible TIPNR

    4. Lo-debarplace

      First named in Joshua 13:26 · 5 verses

      Lo-debar (Debir), a town in Gilead where Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son, lived (<ref="2Sa.9.4-5">2Sa.9.4-5</ref>).STEPBible TIPNR

      Called Debir in the text; named Lo-debar.

    02 — Elsewhere

    Every one of them, and the rest

    A name page answers one question and ends here, so the routes out are the indexes the candidates came from.

    IndexPlacesEvery place in Atlas Biblica, most connected first.IndexPeopleEvery person in Atlas Biblica, most connected first.IndexShared namesEvery name in the registry carried by more than one person, place or group.