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hē´bẽr (חבר, hÌ£ebher, “associate†or, possibly, “enchanterâ€; ἘÌβεÏ, EÌber): A name occurring several times in the Old Testament as the name of an individual or of a clan.
(1) A member of the tribe of Asher and son of Beraiah (; ; f).
(2) A Kenite, husband of Jael, who deceptively slew Sisera, captain of the army of Jabin, a Canaanite king (; ). He had separated himself from the main body of the Kenites, which accounts for his tent being near Kedesh, the place of Sisera's disastrous battle ().
(3) Head of a clan of Judah, and son of Mered by his Jewish, as distinguished from an Egyptian wife. He was father, or founder, of Soco ().
(4) A Benjamite, or clan or family of Elpaal belonging to Benjamin ().
(5) Heber, of our Lord's genealogy ( the King James Version), better, Eber.
So, the name “Eber,†עבר, ‛ēbher, in ; , is not to be confused with Heber, חבר, ḥebher, as in the foregoing passages.