עֵבֵר

Strong’s Definition

Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

the same as H5676 (עֵבֶר);

KJV Usage

Eber, Heber.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʻÊbêr; Pronunciation: ay'-ber