King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2267
Transliteration: cheber
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-ber)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: company, association, spell
Meaning: company, association, spell
Word Summary
cheber: company, association, spell
Original Word: חֶבֶרTransliteration: cheber
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-ber)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: company, association, spell
Meaning: company, association, spell
Strong's Concordance
charmer company, enchantment, wide From chabar; a society; also a spell -- + charmer(- ing), company, enchantment, X wide.
see HEBREW chabar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2267. cheber
חֶ֫בֶר noun [masculine] company, association, spell — absolute חָ֑בֶר Deuteronomy 18:11 2t.; construct חֶבֶר Hosea 6:9; plural חֲבָרִים Psalm 58:6, suffix חֲבָרַיִךְ Isaiah 47:9, 11 —
1 company, band of (bad) priests Hosea 6:9.
2 association, society (abstract), only in חָ֑בֶר בֵּית Proverbs 21:9 = 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.) Deuteronomy 18:11; Psalm 58:6.
b. alone, of Babylonian magic Isaiah 47:9, 11 (see Len Chald. Magic [1878]; Magie u. Wahrsage-kunst 1878; ScholzG-tzendienst u. Zauberwesen, 1877. 80 ff. SayTBA iii. 145 ff and Rel,. Bab 396 ff., 440 ff.).