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.

Heber, 1

He´ber, (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].

1. An ancestor of the Hebrews, Luk 3:35 . See HEBREWS\par 2. 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.\par

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.

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.

Heber (hç’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.

[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.

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By: Emil G. Hirsch, M. Seligsohn

1. Grandson of Asher and founder of the family of the Heberites (Gen. xlvi. 17; Num. xxvi. 45). 2. Heber the Kenite, husband of Jael, (Judges iv. 11-17, v. 24). At the time of the war between Barak and Jabin, King of Hazor, Heber the Kenite separated himself from his family and pitched his tent in the plain of Zaanaim [A.V. "Zaanannim."] ib. iv. 11). He was at peace with both contending parties (ib. 17).

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).

hē´bẽr (חבר, ḥebher, “associate” or, possibly, “enchanter”; Ἔβερ, Éber): 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,” עבר, ‛ēbher, in 1Ch 5:13; 1Ch 8:22, is not to be confused with Heber, חבר, ḥebher, as in the foregoing passages.