Eber
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber....
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And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters....
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And ships [shall come] from the coast of Chittim, and shall
afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall
perish for ever....
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(עֵבֶר, Standard Hebrew Éver, Tiberian Hebrew ʻĒḇer) is an
ancestor of the Israelites, according to the "Table of
Nations" in Genesis 10-11 and 1 Chronicles 1 . He was a
great-grandson of Noah's son Shem and the father of Peleg
born when Eber was 34 years old, and of Joktan. He was the
son of Shelah a distant ancestor of Abraham. According to ...
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e'-ber (`ebher; Eber, in Gen; Obed, in Ch):
(1) Occurs in the genealogies (Gen 10:21,25; 11:14 ff) as the
great-grandson of Shem and father of Peleg and Joktan. The
word means "the other side," "across," and the form "Hebrew,"
which is derived from it, is intended to denote the people or
tribe who came "from the other, side of the river" (i.e. ...
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Also called HEBER
-1. The probable founder of the Hebrew race
Ge 10:21-25; 11:14; 1Ch 1:19,25; Lu 3:35
Prophecy concerning
Nu 24:24
-2. A Gadite, called HEBER
1Ch 5:13
-3. A Benjamite
1Ch 8:12
-4. A Benjamite of Jerusalem
1Ch 8:22
-5. A priest
Ne 12:20...
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(the region beyond).
1. Son of Salah, and great-grandson of Shem. Ge 10:24;
1Ch 1:19 (B.C. 2277-1813.) [For confusion between Eber and
Heber see HEBER]
2. Son of Elpaal and descendant of Sharahaim of the
tribe of Benjamin. 1Ch 8:12 (B.C. 1400).
3. A priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua.
Ne 12:20 (B.C. 445.)...
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beyond. (1.). The third post-duluvian patriach after Shem
(Gen.
10:24; 11:14). He is regarded as the founder of the
Hebrew race
(10:21; Num. 24:24). In Luke 3:35 he is called Heber.
(2.) One of the seven heads of the families of the
Gadites (1
Chr. 5:13).
(3.) The oldest of the three sons of Elpaal the
Benjamite
(8:12).
(4.) One of the h...
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Son of Salah, great grandson of Shem (Genesis 10:21-24; 1
Chronicles 1:19; Numbers 24:24, where the "Eber" whom "ships
from Chittim shall afflict" represents not the Hebrew, but in
general the western descendants of Shem, sprung from Arphaxad,
Lud, and Aram; the posterity of Abraham who descended from
Eber through Peleg, and also the descendan...
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