Strong H2268H2268Hחֶ֫בֶר
Heber
One of the 4 senses of Strong H2268
- Transliteration
- cheber
- Pronunciation
- kheh'-ber
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.11; married to Jael (H3278)
Meaning of the name
Heber = "comrade"
General definition
The same as H2267; community;
{Cheber} the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites: - Heber.
{Cheber} the name of a Kenite and of three Israelites: - Heber.
In the biblical story
Heber
A Kenite; husband of Jael.
Heber the Kenite; husband of Jael. He had separated from the Kenites and allied with Jabin, king of Hazor. (Jdg.4.11,17; 5.24)
In the Bible
Strong H2268H appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- heber3
- s1
First verses
- Judges 4:11Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
- Judges 4:17Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
- Judges 4:21Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
- Judges 5:24Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.