Eber — the meaning of the Hebrew name עֵבֵר

עֵבֵר

ʻÊbêr · pronounced ay'-ber · Strong's H5677 · a man · also spelled Heber

Eber means Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites.

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עֵבֶר ʻêber (the same as, H5676) — properly, a region across open in the lexicon ›

the same as H5676; Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites.

Gen 10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. (KJV)

15 occurrences in 15 verses — Genesis, Numbers, 1 Chronicles, Nehemiah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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