Lexical Definition

‎חֶבֶר‎ Cheber (kheh'-ber) Heber ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎חֶבֶר‎; community

Heber.

• § Heber = "comrade"
• Cheber, the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎חֶ֫בֶר‎, ‎חֵ֫בֶר‎

proper name, masculine 1. ‎חֶבֶר‎ (ᵐ5 Χαβερ) the Kenite, husband of Deborah Judg 4:11; Judg 4:17 (twice in verse); Judg 4:21; Judg 5:24.

2. a man of Asher ‎חִבֶר‎ Gen 46:17 (P) ᵐ5 Ξοβωρ 1Chr 7:31; 1Chr 7:32 ᵐ5 Ξαβερ ᵐ5^L Ιεχοβερ; ‎חֵבֶר‎ Num 26:45 ᵐ5 Ξοβερ; on possible identification with –abiri of Tel el Amarna v Jastr^{JBL 1892, xi. 118 ff.} 1893, xii. 61 ff

3. ‎חֶבֶר‎ name in Judah 1Chr 4:18 ᵐ5 Αβεισα, ᵐ5^L Αβερ.

4. ‎חָ֑בֶר‎ a Benjamite 1Chr 8:17 ᵐ5 Αβαρ ᵐ5^L Αβερ.

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