'Mamre' definitions:

Definition of 'mamre'

From: Easton
  • Mamre manliness.
  • An Amoritish chief in alliance with Abraham (Gen. 14:13, 24).
  • 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.

Definition of 'mamre'

From: Hitchcock
  • Mamre, rebellious; bitter; set with trees

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