Topic
Heber
14 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 46:17Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A son of Beriah
¶ And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
- 1 Chronicles 4:18Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave
And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
- 1 Chronicles 7:31Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A son of Beriah
And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
- 1 Chronicles 8:17Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 6. A Benjamite
And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
- Numbers 26:45Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A son of Beriah
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
- Judges 4:11Easton · ISBE · Nave 4. Husband of Jael
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
- Judges 4:17Easton · ISBE · Nave 4. Husband of Jael
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
- Judges 5:24Easton · ISBE · Nave 4. Husband of Jael
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- 1 Chronicles 5:13Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Head of a family in the tribe of Gad
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
- 1 Chronicles 8:22Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A Benjamite
And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
- Luke 3:35Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A son of Beriah
Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
- Judges 4:21Smith · Nave 4. Husband of Jael
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
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- 1 Chronicles 7:32 Easton · Nave 3. A son of Beriah
- Judges 4:22 Smith
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references
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.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 11 references
- Grandson of the patriarch Asher, (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31) from whom came the Heberites. (Numbers 26:45)
- The patriarch Eber. (Luke 3:35) [EBER]
- The father of Socho; a Judite. (1 Chronicles 4:18)
- A Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:17)
- A Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:22)
- A Gadite. (1 Chronicles 5:13)
- The husband of Jael, who slew Sisera by driving a nail into his temple. (Judges 4:21,22)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 11 references
he'-ber (chebher, "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 (Ge 46:17; Nu 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 (Jud 4:17; 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 (Jud 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 (Lu 3:35 the King James Version), better, Eber.
So, the name "Eber," `ebher, in 1Ch 5:13; 8:22, is not to be confused with Heber, chebher, as in the foregoing passages.
Edward Bagby Pollard
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.