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Lexicon :: Strong's H5677 - ʿēḇer

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עֵבֶר
Transliteration
ʿēḇer
Pronunciation
ay'-ber
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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; Greek Version of the LXX Εβερ. — ע׳ Numbers 24:24 perhaps (si vera lectio) belongs not here (= עִבְרִים Hebrews, Greek Version of the LXX Ἐβραίους, so Thes), but below I. עֵבֶר = the (land) beyond (the river), || אַשּׁוּר, so Di Kau.
2. a Gadite chief 1 Chronicles 5:13, Greek Version of the LXX Ωβηδ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Εβερ.
3. Benjamite names:
a. 1 Chronicles 8:12, Greek Version of the LXX Ωβηδ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αβερ.
b. 1 Chronicles 8:22 (עֵבֶר van d. H. Ginsb; עֶבֶד Baer), Greek Version of the LXX Ωβδη, A Ωβηδ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αβερ.
4. a priest Nehemiah 12:20 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αβεδ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

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

Numbers

24:24

1 Chronicles

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

Nehemiah

12:20

H5677

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5677 matches the Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿēḇer),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 - To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:24 - Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg,[fn] for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:14 - When Shelah had lived 30 years, he fathered Eber.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:16 - When Eber had lived 34 years, he fathered Peleg.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:17 - And Eber lived after he fathered Peleg 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - But ships shall come from Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and Eber;
and he too shall come to utter destruction.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:18 - Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19 - To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg[fn] (for in his days the earth was divided), and his brother’s name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:25 - Eber, Peleg, Reu;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - And their kinsmen according to their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:12 - The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:22 - Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:20 - of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
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