Chaver חָבֵר
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| חָבֵר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chaver |
| Strong's number | H2270 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | companion |
| Occurrences | 12 in 11 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (2) |
Chaver (Hebrew חָבֵר, Strong's H2270) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “companion”. It occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
adj
1) united
n m
2) associate, fellow, worshippers
3) companion
1) united
n m
2) associate, fellow, worshippers
3) companion
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | companions (5), fellows (3), companion (2), together (1), fellow (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | associated with him (3), united (1), above your companions (1), am a friend (1), is a companion (1), his companion (1), your companions (1), companions (1), friends (1), his companions (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chaver, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 20:11So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
Psalms
- Psalm 45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- Psalm 119:63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 28:24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 4:10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
- Song of Solomon 8:13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
Isaiah
- Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Isaiah 44:11Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 37:16Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’
- Ezekiel 37:19Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).