Main Entry: Khir·bat Qum·ran

Variant(s): or Khir·bet Qum·ran \kir-ˈbat-küm-ˈrän\

Function: geographical name

locality West Bank on Wadi Qumran near NW shore of Dead Sea; site of an Essene community (about 100 b.c.–a.d. 68) near a series of caves in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found