Eber
EBER
See HEBER.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Eber
beyond. (1.). The third post-duluvian patriach after Shem (Gen. 10:24; 11:14). He is regarded as the founder of the Hebrew race (10:21; Num. 24:24). In Luke 3:35 he is called Heber.
(2.) One of the seven heads of the families of the Gadites (1 Chr. 5:13).
(3.) The oldest of the three sons of Elpaal the Benjamite (8:12).
(4.) One of the heads of the familes of Benjamites in Jerusalem (22).
(5.) The head of the priestly family of Amok in the time of Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:20).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Eber
Son of Salah, great grandson of Shem (Gen 10:21-24; 1Ch 1:19; Num 24:24, where the “Eber” whom “ships from Chittim shall afflict” represents not the Hebrew, but in general the western descendants of Shem, sprung from Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram; the posterity of Abraham who descended from Eber through Peleg, and also the descendants of Eber through Joktan. As “Asshur” represented the Shemites who dwelt in the far East, including Elam, so Eber represents the western Shemites.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
EBER
Eber was an early Semite (i.e. a descendant of Shem) whose two sons, Joktan and Peleg, began two notable lines of family descent (Gen 10:21; Gen 10:25). The line of descent through Joktan produced many of the Arab tribes (Gen 10:26-30), and the line through Peleg produced those tribes of Mesopotamia to which Abraham belonged (Gen 11:16-26). The name Hebrew, by which Abraham and his descendants were known, was taken from the name Eber (Gen 10:21; Gen 14:13; Gen 39:17; Exo 1:22; see HEBREW). So too, it seems, was the name Habiru, by which semi-nomadic peoples in general were known. The word eber meant to pass over or through.
Fuente: Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
Eber
EBER (Authorized Version Heber).The eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews; named in our Lords genealogy as given in Lk. (Luk 3:35).
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Eber
EBER.1. The eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews (the first letter in both words being the same in the Heb.), the great-grandson of Shem, and father of Peleg and Joktan (Gen 10:21; Gen 10:25; Gen 11:14 ff.). The word ber signifies the other side, across; and ibri. Hebrew, which is in form a gentile name denoting the inhabitant of a country or member of a tribe. is usually explained as denoting those who have come from ber han-nhr (see Jos 24:2-3), or the other side of the River (the Euphrates), i.e. from Haran (Gen 11:31), in Aram-naharaim the home of Abraham and Nahor (Gen 24:4; Gen 24:7; Gen 24:10). According to Sayce, however (Exp. T. xviii. [1907] p. 233). the word is of Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] origin, and denoted originally the traders who went to and fro across the Euphrates. In the genealogies in Gen 10:1-32; Gen 11:1-32 the district from which the Hebrews came is transformed into an imaginary eponymous ancestor. Why Eber is not the immediate, but the sixth ancestor of Abraham, and why many other tribes besides the Hebrews are reckoned as his descendants, is perhaps to be explained (Knig) by the fact that, though the Israelites were in a special sense Hebrews, it was remembered that their ancestors had long made the region across the Euphrates their resting-place, and many other tribes (Peleg, Joktan, etc.) had migrated from it. What Eber means in Num 24:24 is uncertain: most probably perhaps, the country across the Euphrates (|| with Asshur, i.e. Assyria).
2 A Gadite (1Ch 5:12). 3. 4. Two Benjamites (1Ch 8:12; 1Ch 8:22) 5 Head of a priestly family (Neh 12:20).
S. R. Driver.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Eber
eber (, ebher; , Eber, in Gen; , Obed, in Ch):
(1) Occurs in the genealogies (Gen 10:21, Gen 10:25; Gen 11:14) as the great-grandson of Shem and father of Peleg and Joktan. The word means the other side, across, and the form Hebrew, which is derived from it, is intended to denote the people or tribe who came from the other, side of the river (i.e. the Euphrates), from Haran (Gen 11:31), whence Abraham and his dependents migrated to Canaan.
(2) A Gadite (1Ch 5:13).
(3) (4) Two Benjamites (1Ch 8:12, 1Ch 8:22).
(5) The head of a priestly family (Neh 12:20).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Eber
Eber [HEBER]
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Eber
[E’ber]
1. Son of Salah and great-grandson of Shem. Gen 10:21; Gen 10:24-25; Gen 11:14-17; Num 24:24; 1Ch 1:18-19; 1Ch 1:25. Called HEBER in Luk 3:35.
2. Son of Elpaal, a Benjamite. 1Ch 8:12.
3. Priest of the family of Amok. Neh 12:20. The same Hebrew word is sometimes translated HEBER in the A.V.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Eber
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Called also Heber.
1. The probable founder of the Hebrew race
– General references
Gen 10:21-25; Gen 11:14; 1Ch 1:19; 1Ch 1:25; Luk 3:35
– Prophecy concerning
Num 24:24
2. A Gadite, called Heber
1Ch 5:13
3. A Benjamite
1Ch 8:12
4. A Benjamite of Jerusalem
1Ch 8:22
5. A priest
Neh 12:20
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Eber
Eber (‘ber), beyond. 1. The great-grandson of Shem, Gen 10:21; Gen 10:24; Gen 11:14-17; 1Ch 1:19, and the ancestor of Abraham in the seventh generation. See Hebrews, Heber.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Eber
E’ber. (the region beyond).
1. Son of Salah, and great-grandson of Shem. Gen 10:24; 1Ch 1:19. (B.C. 2277-1813). [For confusion between Eber and Heber, see Heber.]
2. Son of Elpaal, and descendant of Sharahaim, of the tribe of Benjamin. 1Ch 8:12. (B.C. 1400).
3. A priest, in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua. Neh 12:20. (B.C. 445).