חָבֵר
châbêr · khaw-bare'
an associate
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2266 (חָבַר);
an associate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: companion, fellow, knit together.
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 חָבֵר 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his companions2 · 17%
- knit together1 · 8%
- above thy fellows1 · 8%
- i am a companion1 · 8%
- the same is the companion1 · 8%
- his fellow1 · 8%
- of thy companions1 · 8%
- the companions1 · 8%
- and companions1 · 8%
- behold, all his fellows1 · 8%
- his fellows1 · 8%
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.