Hepher — the meaning of the Hebrew name חֵפֶר

חֵפֶר

Chêpher · pronounced khay'-fer · Strong's H2660 · a man and a place

Hepher means a pit of shame.

Built from

חָפַר châphar (from, H2658) — properly, to pry into open in the lexicon ›

חָפֵר châphêr (or, H2659) — to blush open in the lexicon ›

from H2658 or H2659; a pit of shame; Chepher, a place in Palestine; also the name of three Israelites.

Num 26:32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. (KJV)

9 occurrences in 9 verses — Numbers, Joshua, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles

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