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(Hab. id. òֶáֶø , country beyond), the name of five men.
1. (Sept. ῞Åâåñ and ῞Åâåñ , Vulg. Heber.) Eber (as the name should be Anglicized) was the son of Salah, and father of Peleg, being the third post- diluvian patriarch after Shem (Gen_10:24; Gen_11:14; 1Ch_1:18; 1Ch_1:25). B.C. 2448-1984. He is claimed as the founder of the Hebrew race (Gen_10:21; Num_24:24). SEE HEBER. In Luk_3:35, his name ( Å᾿âÝñ ) is Anglicized Heber.
2. (Sept. Éùâήä , Vulg. Heber.) The youngest of the seven heads of families of the Gadites in Bashan (1Ch_5:13; A.V. "Heber"). B.C. 782.
3. (Sept. ᾿Ùâήä , Vulg. Heber.) The oldest of the three sons of Elpaal the Benjamite, and one of those who rebuilt Ono and Lod, with their suburbs (1Ch_8:12). B.C. 535.
4. (Sept. ᾿Ùâήä , Vulg. Heber.) One of the heads of the families of Benjamites resident at Jerusalem (1Ch_8:22; A.V. " Heber"). B.C. 535.
5. (Sept. Á᾿âÝä , Vulg. Heber.) The head of the priestly family of Amok, in the time of the return from exile under Zerubbabel (Neh_12:20). B.C. 535.