חֶבֶר
Cheber · kheh'-ber
Cheber, the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H2267 (חֶבֶר); community;
Cheber, the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Heber.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
To separate and protect of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֶבֶר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of heber4 · 36%
- and heber3 · 27%
- heber2 · 18%
- now heber1 · 9%
- heber's1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.