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HebrewH2660Proper Noun (Masculine)

חֵ֫פֶר

che.pher

9Occurrences
H2660Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chepher, a place in Palestine; also the name of three Israelites

from H2658 (חָפַר) or H2659 (חָפֵר); a pit of shame;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Gilead (H1568H); brother of: Abiezer (H0044I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H0844), Shechem (H7928) and Shemida (H8061); father of: Zelophehad (H6765) Also named: cheph.ri (*חֶפְרִי *"Hepherite" H2662) § Hepher = "a well" 1) youngest son of Gilead and head of the family of Hepherites 2) son of Asher, the father of ) the Mecherathite, one of David's mighty warriors

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חֵ֫פֶר appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
3
Numbers
3
1 Chronicles
2
1 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:36BSB

Hepher the Mecherathite,Ahijah the Pelonite,

1 Chronicles 4:6BSB

Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.

1 Kings 4:10BSB

Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

Joshua 12:17BSB

the king of Tappuah, one;the king of Hepher, one;

Joshua 17:2BSB

So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.