Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2660 - חֵפֶר Chepher

Original Word:	חֵפֶר
Transliteration:	Chepher
Phonetic Spelling:	(khay'-fer)
Definition:	three Israelites
Part of Speech:	proper name, masculine ; proper name, of a location
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Hepher

From chaphar or chapher; a pit of shame; Chepher, a place in Palestine; also the name of three Israelites -- Hepher.

see HEBREW chaphar

see HEBREW chapher

Englishman's Concordance

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
Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. חֵ֫פֶרproper name, masculine 1.a ManassiteNumbers 26:32,33; Numbers 27:1; Joshua 17:2,3, ᵐ5Οφερ.

2a man of Judah1 Chronicles 4:6; ᵐ5Ηφαλ, ᵐ5^LΑφερ.

3one of David's heroes, according to 1 Chronicles 11:36 (but on text see Be VB and Dr 2 Samuel 23:36).

II. חֵ֫פֶרproper name, of a location 1.Canaanitish town, with a king, named just before AphekJoshua 12:17, exact site unknown.

21 Kings 4:10 in Judah (׳ארץ ח); — on ׳גִּ֫תָּה חJoshua 19:13, ׳גַּת הַח2 Kings 14:25, see גַּת below יגן.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2660. חֵ֫פֶר (Chepher) — 9 Occurrences

Numbers 26:32
HEB:מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשְּׁמִידָעִ֑י וְחֵ֕פֶר מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַֽחֶפְרִֽי׃
NAS: of the Shemidaites; and [of] Hepher, the family
KJV: of the Shemidaites: and [of] Hepher, the family
INT: the family of the Shemidaites and Hepher the family of the Hepherites

Numbers 26:33
HEB:וּצְלָפְחָ֣ד בֶּן־ חֵ֗פֶר לֹא־ הָ֥יוּ
NAS: the son of Hepher had
KJV: the son of Hepher had no sons,
INT: now Zelophehad the son of Hepher no had

Numbers 27:1
HEB:צְלָפְחָ֗ד בֶּן־ חֵ֤פֶר בֶּן־ גִּלְעָד֙
NAS: the son of Hepher, the son
KJV: the son of Hepher, the son
INT: of Zelophehad the son of Hepher the son of Gilead

Joshua 12:17
HEB:אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ חֵ֖פֶר אֶחָֽד׃
NAS: one; the king of Hepher, one;
KJV: one; the king of Hepher, one;
INT: one the king of Hepher one

Joshua 17:2
HEB:שֶׁ֔כֶם וְלִבְנֵי־ חֵ֖פֶר וְלִבְנֵ֣י שְׁמִידָ֑ע
NAS: and for the sons of Hepher and for the sons
KJV: and for the children of Hepher, and for the children
INT: of Shechem the sons of Hepher the sons of Shemida

Joshua 17:3
HEB:וְלִצְלָפְחָד֩ בֶּן־ חֵ֨פֶר בֶּן־ גִּלְעָ֜ד
NAS: the son of Hepher, the son
KJV: the son of Hepher, the son
INT: Zelophehad the son of Hepher the son of Gilead

1 Kings 4:10
HEB:וְכָל־ אֶ֥רֶץ חֵֽפֶר׃ ס
NAS: [was] his and all the land of Hepher);
KJV: and all the land of Hepher:
INT: all the land of Hepher

1 Chronicles 4:6
HEB:אֲחֻזָּ֣ם וְאֶת־ חֵ֔פֶר וְאֶת־ תֵּימְנִ֖י
NAS: him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni
KJV: him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni,
INT: Naarah Ahuzzam Hepher Temeni and Haahashtari

1 Chronicles 11:36
HEB: חֵ֚פֶר הַמְּכֵ֣רָתִ֔י אֲחִיָּ֖ה
NAS:Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah
KJV:Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah
INT:Hepher the Mecherathite Ahijah

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