Chever חֶ֫בֶר

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Chever
חֶ֫בֶר
Transliterationchever
Strong's numberH2268 (H2268H, H2268G, H2268I, H2268J)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossHeber
Occurrences11 in 10 verses
Most frequent inJudges (4)

Chever (Hebrew חֶ֫בֶר, Strong's H2268) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Heber”. It occurs 11 times.

Definition

H2268H: Heber

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.11; married to Jael (H3278)
§ 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

H2268G: Heber

A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.17;
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

H2268I: Heber

A man of the tribe of Judah(?) living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.18;
son of: Mered (H4778)(?) and Jehudijah (H3057);
brother of: Jered (H3382H) and Jekuthiel (H3354);
half-brother of: Miriam (H4813H)(?), Shammai (H8060I)(?) and Ishbah (H3431)(?);
father of: Soco (H7755I)
§ 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

H2268J: Heber

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.17;
son of: Elpaal (H0508);
brother of: Eber (H5677I), Misham (H4936), Shemed (H8106B), Beriah (H1283I), Shema (H8087I), Zebadiah (H2069H), Meshullam (H4918J), Hizki (H2395), Ishmerai (H3461), Izliah (H3152) and Jobab (H3103K)
§ 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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVheber (10), heber's (1)
BSBheber (9), heber's (1)

Verses

Every verse with Chever, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Numbers

Judges

1 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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