Strong’s
H5677Proper name, a person15 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 10:21עֵבֶר
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
- Numbers 24:24עֵבֶר
Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
- 1 Chronicles 1:18עֵבֶר
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
- Nehemiah 12:20עֵבֶר
of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
Brown-Driver-Briggs
עֵ֫בֶר n.pr.m. Eber (perh. eponym of Hebrews)
1. ‘son’ of Shelaḥ, and ‘grandson’ of Arpachshad
2. a Gadite chief
3. Benjamite names
4. a priest
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.