עֵבֶרʻêber

region across or beyond, side

Pronunciation: ay'-ber · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5676

Meanings

1. so usually with, region across or beyond (Numbers 21:13; Judges 11:18; Jeremiah 25:22)

A. east Jordan (Genesis 50:10; Genesis 50:11; Joshua 17:5)

B. West Jordan (Deuteronomy 3:20; Deuteronomy 3:25; Deuteronomy 11:30)

2. (Opposite) side, side (1 Samuel 14:1; 1 Samuel 14:4; 1 Samuel 14:40)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 90 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 50:10 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they held a very great and solemn memorial service, with a seven-day period of mourning for Joseph’s father.
  • Genesis 50:11 The local residents, the Canaanites, watched them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad. Then they renamed that place (which is near the Jordan) Abel-mizraim, for they said, “This is a place of deep mourning for these Egyptians.”
  • Exodus 25:37 Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.
  • Exodus 28:26 Then make two more gold rings and attach them to the inside edges of the chestpiece next to the ephod.
  • Exodus 32:15 Then Moses turned and went down the mountain. He held in his hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
  • Exodus 39:19 Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the inside edges of the chestpiece next to the ephod.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).