Lexical Definition

‎חֶבֶר‎ cheber (kheh'-ber) spell ^H:N-M
from ‎חָבַר‎

[phrase] charmer(-ing), company, enchantment, [idiom] wide.

• a society
• also a spell

1) association, company, band
2) shared, association, society
3) a magician, charmer, spell

See Greek: κοινός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֶ֫בֶר‎ noun [masculine] company, association, spell — absolute ‎חָ֑בֶר‎ Deut 18:11 + 2 t.; construct ‎חֶבֶר‎ Hos 6:9 plural ‎חֲבָרִים‎ Ps 58:6*, suffix ‎חֲבָרַיִךְ‎ Isa 47:9; Isa 47:11 —

1. company, band of (bad) priests Hos 6:9.

2. association, society (abstract), only in ‎בֵּית חָ֑בֶר‎ Prov 21:9 = Prov 25:24 house of association, i. e. shared with a contentious woman (house in common, see RVm VB).

3. spell :
a. as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ‎חָבַר‎ (q. v.) Deut 18:11; Ps 58:6*.
b. alone, of Babylonian magic Isa 47:9; Isa 47:11 (see Len Chald. Magic [1878]; Magie u. Wahrsage-kunst 1878; Scholz^{G-tzendienst u. Zauberwesen, 1877. 80 ff.} Say^{TBA iii. 145 ff and Rel,. Bab 396 ff., 440 ff.}).

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