Lexical Definition

‎עֵבֵר‎ ʻÊbêr (ay'-ber) Eber ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎עֵבֶר‎

Eber, Heber.

• § Eber or Heber = "the region beyond"
• Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites

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

See Greek: Ἐβέρ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 Gen 10:24 (J) = 1Chr 1:18; Gen 11:14; Gen 11:15 (P); 'father' of Peleg and Joktan Gen 10:25 (J; with especially reference to Joktan vGen 10:26 ff., i.e. to Arabians) = 1Chr 1:19 (compare v1Chr 1:20ff.), of Peleg specifically Gen 11:16; Gen 11:17 (P; with especially reference to Abraham vGen 11:26f.) compare 1Chr 1:25 (see v1Chr 1:27f.); in Gen 10:21 (J) Shem is called ‎אֲבִי כָּלבְּֿנֵיעֵֿבֶר‎; ᵐ5 Εβερ. — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Num 24:24 perhaps (si vera lectio) belongs not here ( = ‎עִבְרִים‎ Hebrews, ᵐ5 Ἐβραίους, so Thes), but below I. ‎עֵבֶר‎ = the (land) beyond (the river), || ‎אַשּׁוּר‎, so Di Kau.

2. a Gadite chief 1Chr 5:13, ᵐ5 Ωβηδ, ᵐ5^L Εβερ.

3. Benjamite names:
a. 1Chr 8:12, ᵐ5 Ωβηδ, ᵐ5^L Αβερ.
b. 1Chr 8:22 (‎עֵבֶר‎ van d. H. Ginsb; ‎עֶבֶד‎ Baer), ᵐ5 Ωβδη, A Ωβηδ, ᵐ5^L Αβερ.

4. a priest Neh 12:20 ᵐ5^L Αβεδ.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References