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HEBER.—1. A man of Asher (Gen_46:17, Num_26:45, 1Ch_7:31-32). The gentilic name Heberites occurs in Num_26:45. 2. The Kenite, according to Jdg_4:17; Jdg_5:24, husband of Jael. He separated himself (Jdg_4:11) from his Bedouin caste of Kenites or nomad smiths, whose wanderings were confined chiefly to the south of Judah, and settled for a time near Kedesh on the plain to the west of the Sea of Galilee. 3. A man of Judah (1Ch_4:18). 4. A Benjamite (1Ch_8:17).