MAMRE
An Amorite prince, brother of Eshcol and Aner. All three united their forces to aid Abraham in the rescue of Lot, Genesis 1:14-24. He gave his name to the town where he dwelt, afterwards Hebron, in the suburbs of which was a large terebinth-tree, or grove, (see Oak,) called in the English Bible "the plain of Mamre." Here Abraham and his descendants often pitched their tents, Genesis 13:18; Genesis 1:18. The cave of Machpelah was adjacent to Mamre on the east, Genesis 23:17, Genesis 1:23; Genesis 1:49; and from the heights nearby, Abraham could See Ge 19:27, Genesis 1:19.