Debir

American  

[dee-ber] / ˈdi bər /

noun

1. a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.

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Example Sentences

Another Hittite city in the south of Judah was Kirjath-sepher, or “Booktown,” also known as Debir, “the sanctuary,” a title which reminds us of that of Kadesh, “the holy city.”

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

To the man who should conquer Debir he promised his daughter Achsah to wife, and Othniel his brother's son gained the city and the woman.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

After this day Joshua is said to have taken Hebron, Debir, Libnah, and Lachish, to have conquered the kings of Northern Canaan in a great battle, and to have gained their cities, including Hazor.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

The other towns ultimately captured by the southern tribes were Hebron, with its copious water supply, Debir to the southwest, and Arad and Hormah which lay on the borders of the South Country.

From The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History by Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple

But Debir, "the sanctuary," was also known by two other names.

From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)