King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5677
Transliteration: Eber
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-ber)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "region beyond", a descendant of Shem, also the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Eber -- "region beyond", a descendant of Shem, also the name of several Israelites
Word Summary
Eber: "region beyond", a descendant of Shem, also the name of several Israelites
Original Word: עֵבֵרTransliteration: Eber
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-ber)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "region beyond", a descendant of Shem, also the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Eber -- "region beyond", a descendant of Shem, also the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Eber, Heber The same as eber; Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites -- Eber, Heber.
see HEBREW eber
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5677. Eber
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 10:25 (J; with especially reference to Joktan 10:26 ff., i.e. to Arabians) = 1 Chronicles 1:19 (compare 1:20ff.), of Peleg specifically Genesis 11:16-17, (P; with especially reference to Abraham 11:26f.) compare 1 Chronicles 1:25 (see 1:27f.); in Genesis 10:21 (J) Shem is called כָּלבְּֿנֵיעֵֿבֶר אֲבִי; ᵐ5 Εβερ. — ׳ע Numbers 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 1 Chronicles 5:13, ᵐ5 Ωβηδ, ᵐ5L Εβερ.
3 Benjamite names:
a. 1 Chronicles 8:12, ᵐ5 Ωβηδ, ᵐ5L Αβερ.
b. 1 Chronicles 8:22 (עֵבֶר van d. H. Ginsb; עֶבֶד Baer), ᵐ5 Ωβδη, A Ωβηδ, ᵐ5L Αβερ.
4 a priest Nehemiah 12:20 ᵐ5L Αβεδ.