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DEBIR

Volume 5 · 42 words · 1797 Edition

(anc. geog.), a sacerdotal city of Palestine, near Hebron; but neither distance, nor point of the compass on which it lies, can be determined. It was anciently called Kariath-sepher or Kirjath-sepher, and Kirjath-sannah (Joshua).—Another Debir in the tribe of Gad, beyond Jordan.