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HebrewH2268Proper Noun (Masculine)

חֶ֫בֶר

che.ver

10Occurrences
H2268Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Cheber, the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites

the same as H2267 (חֶבֶר); community;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Beriah (H1283); brother of: Malchiel (H4439); father of: Japhlet (H3310), Shomer (H7763H), Hotham (H2369) and Shua (H7774) Also named: chev.ri (*חֶבְרִי *"Heberite" H2277) § Heber = "comrade" 1) the Kenite, husband of Jael, who slew Sisera by driving a nail into his temple 2) grandson of Asher from whom came the Heberites 3) father of Socho, a Judahite 4) a Benjamite 5) another Benjamite 6) a Gadite

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חֶ֫בֶר appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
4
Judges
4
Genesis
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:18BSB

These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah.Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

1 Chronicles 7:32BSB

Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua.

Genesis 46:17BSB

The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Judges 4:17BSB

Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

Judges 5:24BSB

Most blessed among women is Jael,the wife of Heber the Kenite,most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

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