Strong H2660H2660Aחֵ֫פֶר
Hepher
One of the 4 senses of Strong H2660
- Transliteration
- chêpher
- Pronunciation
- khay'-fer
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.32;
son of: Gilead (H1568H);
brother of: Abiezer (H44I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H844), Shechem (H7928) and Shemida (H8061);
father of: Zelophehad (H6765)
Also named: cheph.ri (חֶפְרִי "Hepherite" H2662)
son of: Gilead (H1568H);
brother of: Abiezer (H44I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H844), Shechem (H7928) and Shemida (H8061);
father of: Zelophehad (H6765)
Also named: cheph.ri (חֶפְרִי "Hepherite" H2662)
Meaning of the name
Hepher = "a well"
General definition
In the biblical story
Hepher
Son of Gilead, ancestor of the Hepherites.
Hepher was a son of Gilead and ancestor of the Hepherite clan in the tribe of Manasseh. (Num.26.32,33; 27.1; Jos.17.2,3)
In the Bible
Strong H2660A appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hepher5
First verses
- Numbers 26:32And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
- Numbers 26:33And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Numbers 27:1Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Joshua 17:2There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
- Joshua 17:3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.