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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth.[fn] Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:24 - Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,[fn] and Shelah was the father of Eber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means “division”), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother’s name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:14 - When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 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 was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:17 - After the birth of Peleg, Eber lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus[fn];
they will oppress Assyria and afflict Eber,
but they, too, will be utterly destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:18 - Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:19 - Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means “division”), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother’s name was Joktan.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - Their relatives, the leaders of seven other clans, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:12 - The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built the towns of Ono and Lod and their nearby villages),

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:20 - Kallai was leader of the family of Sallu.[fn]
Eber was leader of the family of Amok.
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