עֵבֶר
Transliteration
ʿēḇer
Pronunciation
ay'-ber
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as עֵבֶר (H5676)
Strong’s Definitions

עֵבֵר ʻÊbêr, ay'-ber; the same as H5676; Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites:—Eber, Heber.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H5677 in the following manner: Eber (13x), Heber (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H5677 in the following manner: Eber (13x), Heber (2x).

  1. Eber or Heber = "the region beyond"

    1. son of Salah, great grandson of Shem, father of Peleg and Joktan

    2. a Gadite chief

    3. a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and descendant of Sharahaim

    4. a Benjamite, son of Shashak

    5. a priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵבֵר ʻÊbêr, ay'-ber; the same as H5676; Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites:—Eber, Heber.
STRONGS H5677: Abbreviations
† II. עֵ֫בֶר proper name, masculine Eber (perhaps eponym of Hebrews, form inferred from עִבְרִי, compare references there); —
1. 'son' of Shelah, and 'grandson' of Arpachshad Genesis 10:24 (J) = 1 Chronicles 1:18; Genesis 11:14, 15 (P); 'father' of Peleg and Joktan Genesis 10:25 (J; with especially reference to Joktan Genesis 10:26 ff., i.e. to Arabians) = 1 Chronicles 1:19 (compare 1 Chronicles 1:20ff.), of Peleg specifically Genesis 11:16, 17 (P; with especially reference to Abraham Genesis 11:26f.) compare 1 Chronicles 1:25 (see 1 Chronicles 1:27f.); in Genesis 10:21 (J) Shem is called אֲבִי כָּלבְּֿנֵיעֵֿבֶר; Εβερ. — ע׳ Numbers 24:24 perhaps (si vera lectio) belongs not here (= עִבְרִים Hebrews, Ἐβραίους, so Thes), but below I. עֵבֶר = the (land) beyond (the river), || אַשּׁוּר, so Di Kau.
2. a Gadite chief 1 Chronicles 5:13, Ωβηδ, Εβερ.
3. Benjamite names:
a. 1 Chronicles 8:12, Ωβηδ, Αβερ.
b. 1 Chronicles 8:22 (עֵבֶר van d. H. Ginsb; עֶבֶד Baer), Ωβδη, A Ωβηδ, Αβερ.
4. a priest Nehemiah 12:20 Αβεδ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

Genesis 10:21; Genesis 10:24; Genesis 10:25; Genesis 10:26; Genesis 11:14; Genesis 11:15; Genesis 11:16; Genesis 11:17; Genesis 11:26

Numbers

Numbers 24:24

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 1:18; 1 Chronicles 1:19; 1 Chronicles 1:20; 1 Chronicles 1:25; 1 Chronicles 1:27; 1 Chronicles 5:13; 1 Chronicles 8:12; 1 Chronicles 8:22

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 12:20