עֵבֵרʻÊbêr

proper name, masculine: Eber

Pronunciation: ay'-ber · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5677

Meanings

1. 'son' of Shelah, and 'grandson' of Arpachshad (Genesis 10:24; 1 Chronicles 1:18; Genesis 11:14)

2. a Gadite chief (1 Chronicles 5:13)

3. Benjamite names

4. a priest (Nehemiah 12:20)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 10:21 Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
  • Genesis 10:24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
  • Genesis 10:25 Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means “division”), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother’s name was Joktan.
  • Genesis 11:14 When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
  • Genesis 11:15 After the birth of Eber, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Genesis 11:16 When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
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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).