Heber
HEBER
1. An ancestor of the Hebrews, Luk 3:35 . See HEBREWS2. A Kenite descended from Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law. He resided in the northern part of Canaan, and seems to have been a man of note in his day. His wife Jael slew Sisera with her own hand, Jdg 4:11,17 5:24.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Heber
the name of seven men, with a difference of orthography in the original. SEE EBER.
1. EBER (Heb. E’ber, , one of the other side, i.e. of the river, q. d. immigrant; Sept. and , Vulg. Heber), son of Salah, who became the father of Peleg at the age of 34 years, and died at the age of 464 (Gen 10:24; Gen 11:14; 1Ch 1:25). His name occurs in the genealogy of Christ (Luk 3:35, , Heber). B.C. 2448-1984. There is a degree of interest connected with him from the notion, which the Jews themselves entertain, that the name of Hebrews, applied to them, was derived from this alleged ancestor of Abraham. No historical ground appears why this name should be derived from him rather than from any other personage that occurs in the catalogue of Shem’s descendants; but there are so much stronger objections to every other hypothesis, that this, perhaps, is still the most probable of any which have yet been started. (See Gesenius, Geschichte der Heb. Sprache und Schrift, p. 11.) Hence the children of Eber ( , Gen 10:21), and simply in poetry Eber (, Num 24:24; Sept. , Vulg. Hebraei), i.q. HEBREWS (). Several other persons of this (Heb.) name occur, but no others are anywhere Anglicized Heber.
2. EBER (same Heb. word as above; Sept. , Vulg. Heber), the last-named of the seven chiefs of the Gadites in Bashan (1Ch 5:13, where the name is Anglicized Heber). B.C. between 1612 and 1093.
3. EBER (same Hebrew word as above; Sept. , Vulg. feber), apparently one of the sons of Shashak, and a chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1Ch 8:22, where the name is Anglicized Heber). B.C. ante 598.
4. HEBER (Che’ber, , conmunity, as in Hos 6:9; Pro 21:9; or a spell, as in Deu 18:11; Isa 47:9; Isa 47:12; Sept. , , ), son of Beriah, and grandson of Asher (Gen 46:17; 1Ch 7:31-32). B.C. apparently ante 1873. His descendants are called HEBERITES (Heb. Chebri’, , Sept. , Num 26:45, where the name of the progenitor is written ).
5. HEBER (same Heb. word as last, Sept. , Vulg. Haber), a descendant of Hobab, which latter was son of Jethro, and brother of the wife of Moses. His wife was the Jael who slew Sisera (B.C. 1409), and he is called Heber the Kenite (Jdg 4:11; Jdg 4:17; Jdg 5:24), which seems to have been a name for the whole family (Jdg 1:16). Heber appears to have lived separate from the rest of the Kenites, leading a patriarchal life amid his tents and flocks. He must have been a person of some consequence, from its being stated that there was peace between the house of Heber and the powerful king Jabin. At the time the history brings him under our notice, his camp was in the plain of Zaanaim, near Kedesh, in Naphtali SEE JAKL; SEE KENITE.
6. HEBER (same Heb. word as last, Sept. ), apparently a son of Mered (of Judah) by Jehudijah, and father of Socho (1Ch 4:18). B.C. post 1612. SEE MERED. 7. HEBER (same Heb. word as last, Sept. ), one of the sons of Elpaal, and a chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1Ch 8:17). B.C. apparently cir. 598.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Heber
passing over. (1.) Son of Beriah and grandson of Asher (Gen. 46:17; 1 Chr. 7:31, 32).
(2.) The Kenite (Judg. 4:11, 17; 5:24), a descendant of Hobab. His wife Jael received Sisera (q.v.) into her tent and then killed him.
(3.) 1 Chr. 4:18.
(4.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:17).
(5.) A Gadite (5:13). (See EBER)
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Heber (1)
EBER means “beyond.”
1. The father of Peleg and ancestor of Abraham (Gen 10:24; Gen 10:25); marking that Arphaxad’s descendants were now crossing over or beyond the great rivers on their way to Mesopotamia and thence to Canaan. In Luk 3:35, Heber equates to Eber.
2. Neh 12:20.
3. 1Ch 5:13.
4. 1Ch 8:12; 1Ch 8:22. Abed or Obed is substituted in Septuagint for 2, 3, 4.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Heber (2)
1. Gen 46:17; Num 26:45.
2. 1Ch 4:18.
3. 1Ch 8:17.
4. Heber the Kenite (Jdg 4:11; Jdg 4:17; Jdg 5:24), husband of Jael, descendant of Hobab “priest, of Midian,” who was himself a Kenite resident in Midian. The Kenites migrated with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah at the time of the conquest of Canaan (Jdg 1:16). They had accompanied Israel to Canaan at Moses’ request (Num 10:29, etc.). (See HAZEZON TAMAR.) Besides this general migration Heber’s family migrated to Kedesh in Naphtali, the debatable ground between northern Israel and Jabin.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Heber
HEBER.1. A man of Asher (Gen 46:17, Num 26:45, 1Ch 7:31-32). The gentilic name Heberites occurs in Num 26:45. 2. The Kenite, according to Jdg 4:17; Jdg 5:24, husband of Jael. He separated himself (Jdg 4:11) from his Bedouin caste of Kenites or nomad smiths, whose wanderings were confined chiefly to the south of Judah, and settled for a time near Kedesh on the plain to the west of the Sea of Galilee. 3. A man of Judah (1Ch 4:18). 4. A Benjamite (1Ch 8:17).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Heber
heber (, hebher, 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 (Gen 46:17; Num 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 (Jdg 4:17; Jdg 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 (Jdg 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 (Luk 3:35 the King James Version), better, Eber.
So, the name Eber, , ebher, in 1Ch 5:13; 1Ch 8:22, is not to be confused with Heber, , hebher, as in the foregoing passages.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Heber
Heber, 1
Heber, (one of the other side), son of Salah, who became the father of Peleg at the age of 34 years, and died at the age of 464 (Gen 10:24; Gen 11:14; 1Ch 1:25). His name occurs in the genealogy of Christ (Luk 3:35). There is nothing to constitute Heber an historical personage; but there is a degree of interest connected with him from the notion, which the Jews themselves entertain, that the name of Hebrews, applied to them, was derived from this alleged ancestor of Abraham.
Heber, 2
A descendant of Hobab, son of Jethro, and brother of the wife of Moses. His wife was the Jael who slew Sisera, and he is called Heber the Kenite (Jdg 4:11; Jdg 4:17; Jdg 5:24), which seems to have been a name for the whole family (Jdg 1:16). Heber appears to have lived separate from the rest of the Kenites, leading a patriarchal life, amid his tents and flocks. He must have been a person of some consequence, from its being stated that there was peace between the house of Heber and the powerful king Jabin. At the time the history brings him under our notice his camp was in the plain of Zaanaim, near Kedesh in Naphtali [JAEL; KENITES].
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Heber
[He’ber]
1. Son of Beriah, a son of Asher, and head of the family of the HEBERITES, Gen 46:17; Num 26:45; 1Ch 7:31-32.
2. A Kenite, of the family of Hobab: he was husband of Jael who killed Sisera. Jdg 4:11; Jdg 4:17; Jdg 4:21; Jdg 5:24.
3. Son of Jehudijah, of the tribe of Judah. 1Ch 4:18.
4. Head of a family in the tribe of Gad. 1Ch 5:13.
5. Son of Elpaal, a Benjamite. 1Ch 8:17.
6. Son of Shashak, a Benjamite. 1Ch 8:22.
7. Son of Sala in the genealogy of the Lord Jesus. Luk 3:35. Called EBER in Gen 10:24; 1Ch 1:18; etc.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Heber
H2268
1. Head of a family in the tribe of Gad
1Ch 5:13
2. A Benjamite
1Ch 8:22
3. A son of Beriah
Gen 46:17; Num 26:45; 1Ch 7:31-32; Luk 3:35
4. Husband of Jael
Jdg 4:11; Jdg 4:17; Jdg 4:21; Jdg 5:24
5. Son of Ezra
1Ch 4:18
6. A Benjamite
1Ch 8:17
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Heber
Heber (h’ber), alliance. Heber the Kenite, the husband of Jael, who slew Sisera. Jdg 4:21-22. See Jael, Sisera. Heber appears to have led a life apart from the rest of his tribe. He must have been a person of consequence, from the fact that it is stated that there was peace between him and the powerful king Jabin. Jdg 4:17. There are seven persons of this name men” tioned in the Scriptures.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Heber
He’ber. (alliance).
1. Grandson of the patriarch, Asher, Gen 46:17; Num 26:45; 1Ch 7:31, from whom came the Heberites. Num 26:45.
2. The patriarch, Eber. Luk 3:35. See Eber.
3. The father of Socho; a Judite. 1Ch 4:18.
4. A Benjamite. 1Ch 8:17.
5. A Benjamite. 1Ch 8:22.
6. A Gadite. 1Ch 5:13.
7. The husband of Jael, who slew Sisera, by driving a nail into his temple. Jdg 4:21-22.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Heber
or EBER, the father of Peleg, and the son of Salah, who was the grandson of Shem, one of Noah’s sons, was born A.M. 1723; B.C. 2281. From him some have supposed that Abraham and his descendants derived the appellation of Hebrews. But others have suggested, with greater probability, that Abraham and his family were thus called, because they came from the other side of the Euphrates into Canaan; Heber signifying in the Hebrew language one that passes, or, a passage, that is, of the river Euphrates. According to this opinion, Hebrew signifies much the same as foreigner among us, or one that comes from beyond sea. Such were Abraham and his family among the Canaanites; and his posterity, learning and using the language of the country, still retained the appellation originally given them, even when they became possessors and settled inhabitants.
2. HEBER the Kenite, of Jethro’s family, husband to Jael, who killed Sisera, Jdg 4:17, &c.