Fellow
חֲבַרStrong’s H2269chavar (cha-var)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chavar is the Aramaic word usually translated “association”, “companions his” and “association of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.”
Meaning
- Associate, companion, friend, comrade, fellow
How it's translated
- association 2
- and companions his 2
- companions his 1
- an association of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 3
- Proverbs 2
- Hosea 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:17In contextThen Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
- Daniel 2:18In contextThat they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
- Proverbs 25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
- Hosea 6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Aramaic dictionary
חֲבַר chavar · fellow
associate, companion, friend, comrade, fellow Aramaic of cha.ver (חָבֵר "companion" H2270)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fellow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FEL'LOW, noun
[Heb. to tie or connect, to be joined or associated.]
- A companion; an associate.
- One of the same kind.
- An equal.“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow saith Jehovah of hosts” Zechariah 13:7
- One of a pair, or of two things used together and suited to each other.
All definitions and other forms of “fellow”
- One equal or like another.
- An appellation of contempt; a man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble man; as a mean fellow
- A member of a college that shares its revenues; or a member of any incorporated society.
- A member of a corporation; a trustee.
FEL'LOW, verb transitive
To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Little used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.