Heber:
one that passes; anger
Heber:
he'-ber (chebher, "associate" or, possibly, "enchanter"; Eber): A name occurring several times in the Old Testament as the name of an individual or of a clan.
(1) A member of the tribe of Asher and son of Beraiah (Ge 46:17; Nu 26:45; 1Ch 7:31 f).
(2) A Kenite, husband of Jael, who deceptively slew Sisera, captain of the army of Jabin, a Canaanite king (Jud 4:17; 5:24). He had separated himself from the main body of the Kenites, which accounts for his tent being near Kedesh, the place of Sisera's disastrous battle (Jud 4:11).
(3) Head of a clan of Judah, and son of Mered by his Jewish, as distinguished from an Egyptian wife. He was father, or founder, of Soco (1Ch 4:18).
(4) A Benjamite, or clan or family of Elpaal belonging to Benjamin (1Ch 8:17).
(5) Heber, of our Lord's genealogy (Lu 3:35 the King James Version), better, Eber.
So, the name "Eber," ebher, in 1Ch 5:13; 8:22, is not to be confused with Heber, chebher, as in the foregoing passages.
Written by Edward Bagby Pollard
Heber:
(alliance).
(1.) Grandson of the patriarch Asher (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31) from whom came the Heberites (Numbers 26:45).
(2.) The patriarch Eber (Luke 3:35). SEE [EBER].
(3.) The father of Socho; a Judite (1 Chronicles 4:18).
(4.) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:17).
(5.) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:22).
(6.) A Gadite (1 Chronicles 5:13).
(7.) The husband of Jael, who slew Sisera by driving a nail into his temple (Judges 4:21-22).
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