Chepher חֵ֫פֶר

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Chepher
חֵ֫פֶר
Transliterationchepher
Strong's numberH2660 (H2660A, H2660B, H2660G, H2660H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossHepher
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent inNumbers (3)

Chepher (Hebrew חֵ֫פֶר, Strong's H2660) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Hepher”. It occurs 9 times.

Definition

H2660A: Hepher

A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.32;
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 Tekoa
3) the Mecherathite, one of David's mighty warriors

H2660B: Hepher

§ Hepher = "a well"
a place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua

H2660G: Hepher

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.6;
son of: Ashhur (H0806) and Naarah (H5292B);
brother of: Ahuzzam (H0275), Temeni (H8488) and Haahashtari (H0326);
half-brother of: Zereth (H6889), Izhar (H3328), Ethnan (H0869) and Koz (H6976)
§ Hepher = "a well"
1) a place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua
2) a place in Judah, probably the same as 1 above

H2660H: Hepher

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.11.36
§ Hepher = "a well"
1) a place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua
2) a place in Judah, probably the same as 1 above

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

Translated as

KJVhepher (9)
BSBhepher (9)

Verses

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

Numbers

Joshua

1 Kings

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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