the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Strong's #2660 - חֵפֶר
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Hepher = “a well”
1) youngest son of Gilead and head of the family of Hepherites (noun proper masculine)
2) son of Asher, the father of Tekoa (noun proper masculine)
3) the Mecherathite, one of David’s mighty warriors (noun proper masculine)
4) a place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua site unknown (noun proper locative)
4a) a place in Judah, probably the same as 4 above
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2 a man of Judah 1 Chronicles 4:6; ᵐ5 Ηφαλ, ᵐ5 L Αφερ.
3 one of David's heroes, according to 1 Chronicles 11:36 (but on text see Be VB and Dr 2 Samuel 23:36).
II. חֵ֫פֶר proper name, of a location 1. Canaanitish town, with a king, named just before Aphek Joshua 12:17, exact site unknown.
2 1 Kings 4:10 in Judah (׳ארץ ח); — on ׳גִּ֫תָּה ח Joshua 19:13, ׳גַּת הַח 2 Kings 14:25, see גַּת below יגן.
חֵפֶר (“pit,” “well”), [Hepher], pr.n.
(1) of a royal city of the Canaanites, Joshua 12:17 (compare 1 Kings 4:10).
(2) of several men
(a) of a son of Gilead, Numbers 26:32, 27:1 Joshua 17:2.
(b) of one of David’s captains, 1 Chronicles 11:36.
(3) 1 Chronicles 4:6. Patron. No. 1. חֶפְרִי Numbers 26:32.
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary developed by Jeff Garrison for StudyLight.org.
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