Category:Ephron

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Ephron - Fawn-like. (1.) The son of Zohar a Hittites, the owner of the field and cave of Machpelah (q.v.), which Abraham bought for 400 shekels of silver (Genesis 23:8; Genesis 25:9; Genesis 49:29, Genesis 49:30). (2.) A mountain range which formed one of the landmarks on the north boundary of the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:9), probably the range on the west side of the Wady Beit-Hanina.