Heber
חֶ֫בֶרStrong’s H2268chever (che-ver)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chever is the Hebrew word usually translated “heber”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.”
Meaning
- The Kenite, husband of Jael, who slew Sisera by driving a nail into his temple
- Grandson of Asher from whom came the Heberites
- Father of Socho, a Judahite
- A Benjamite
- Another Benjamite
- A Gadite
- The Kenite, husband of Jael, who slew Sisera by driving a nail into his temple
- Grandson of Asher from whom came the Heberites
- Father of Socho, a Judahite
- A Benjamite
- Another Benjamite
- A Gadite
- The Kenite, husband of Jael, who slew Sisera by driving a nail into his temple
- Grandson of Asher from whom came the Heberites
- Father of Socho, a Judahite
- A Benjamite
- Another Benjamite
- A Gadite
- The Kenite, husband of Jael, who slew Sisera by driving a nail into his temple
- Grandson of Asher from whom came the Heberites
- Father of Socho, a Judahite
- A Benjamite
- Another Benjamite
- A Gadite
How it's translated
- heber 7
- and heber 3
- of heber 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 4
- 1 Chronicles 4
- Genesis 1
- Numbers 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 26:45Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
- Judges 4:11Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
- Judges 4:17Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
- Judges 4:21Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
- Judges 5:24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- 1 Chronicles 4:18And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
Hebrew dictionary
חֶ֫בֶר chever · 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
חֶ֫בֶר chever · 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
חֶ֫בֶר chever · 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
חֶ֫בֶר chever · 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 STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.