Hepher
חֵ֫פֶרStrong’s H2660chepher (che-pher)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chepher is the Hebrew word usually translated “hepher”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.”
Meaning
- Youngest son of Gilead and head of the family of Hepherites
- Son of Asher, the father of Tekoa
- The Mecherathite, one of David's mighty warriors
- § Hepher = "a well"
- A place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua
- A place in Judah, probably the same as 1 above
- A place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua
- A place in Judah, probably the same as 1 above
How it's translated
- hepher 8
- and hepher 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 3
- Joshua 3
- 1 Chronicles 2
- 1 Kings 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 26:33And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Numbers 27:1Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Joshua 12:17The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
- Joshua 17:2There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
- Joshua 17:3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 4:10The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
Hebrew dictionary
חֵ֫פֶר chepher · 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
חֵ֫פֶר chepher · Hepher
§ Hepher = "a well" a place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua
חֵ֫פֶר chepher · 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
חֵ֫פֶר chepher · 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 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.