עֵבֵר
ʻÊbêr · ay'-ber
Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H5676 (עֵבֶר);
Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Eber, Heber.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 see and know › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
To see and know of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵבֵר 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- eber8 · 53%
- and unto eber2 · 13%
- and eber2 · 13%
- and heber2 · 13%
- of eber1 · 7%
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.