Mamre

E572999

ancient site biblical location religious pilgrimage site

Mamre is an ancient site near Hebron in the biblical land of Canaan, traditionally associated with Abraham and significant events in the Hebrew Bible.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
oak of Mamre	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient site ⓘ biblical location ⓘ religious pilgrimage site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Oaks of Mamre NERFINISHED ⓘ Plains of Mamre NERFINISHED ⓘ Terebinths of Mamre NERFINISHED ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBy	German archaeologists ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Abraham’s covenant with God ⓘ
associatedWithPatriarch	Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Christianity ⓘ Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	divine visitation ⓘ hospitality ⓘ promise of descendants ⓘ
country	State of Palestine ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslims ⓘ
hasStructureType	enclosure ⓘ sanctuary ⓘ
hasTypeOfVegetation	oak trees ⓘ terebinth trees ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Canaan NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebron region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Hebron NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
near	Cave of Machpelah NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebron NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Southern Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ biblical Holy Land NERFINISHED ⓘ
referencedIn	Christian pilgrimage itineraries ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ
siteOf	Abrahamic theophany ⓘ Abraham’s altar NERFINISHED ⓘ Abraham’s dwelling place near Hebron ⓘ Abraham’s hospitality to strangers ⓘ divine promise of Isaac’s birth ⓘ visit of three angels to Abraham ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionallyIdentifiedWith	Ramat el-Khalil NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasPilgrimageCenterIn	Byzantine period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

sons of Heth → associatedPlace → Mamre ⓘ

Genesis 25 → locatesBurialNear → Mamre ⓘ

Hospitality of Abraham mosaic → setting → Mamre ⓘ

this entity surface form: oak of Mamre