The Definition of the word Mamre

Mamre

Manliness. (1.) An Amoritish chief in alliance with Abraham "(Gen. 14:13, 24)." "(2.) 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."