HebrewH8038Proper Noun (Masculine)
שֶׁמְאֵ֫בֶר
shem.e.ver
“Shemeber”
1Occurrences
H8038Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Shemeber, a king of Zeboim
apparently from H8034 (שֵׁם) and H83 (אֵבֶר); name of pinion, i.e. illustrious;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at § Shemeber = "lofty flight" king of Zeboim and an ally of the king of Sodom
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
שֶׁמְאֵ֫בֶר appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Genesis
1
Key Passages
Genesis 14:2BSB
went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
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