Hebrew word · H2660

חֵ֫פֶר

chefer

Hepher

Appears 9 times in 9 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.32;

son of: Gilead (H1568H);

brother of: Abiezer (H0044I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H0844), Shechem (H7928) and Shemida (H8061);

father of: Zelophehad (H6765)

Also named: cheph.ri (חֶפְרִי "Hepherite" H2662)

§ Hepher = "a well"

1) youngest son of Gilead and head of the family of Hepherites

2) son of Asher, the father of Tekoa

3) the Mecherathite, one of David's mighty warriors

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Numbers · 3

  1. Numbers 26:32 וְחֵ֕פֶר and Hepher

    the Shemidaite clan from Shemida, and the Hepherite clan from Hepher.

  2. Numbers 26:33 חֵ֗פֶר Hepher

    Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

  3. Numbers 27:1 חֵ֤פֶר Hepher

    Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached

Joshua · 3

  1. Joshua 12:17 חֵ֖פֶר Hepher

    the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

  2. Joshua 17:2 חֵ֖פֶר Hepher

    So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.

    Here: Clan name (Num 26:32). Hepher's line runs through Zelophehad, who had only daughters (v. 3). That is the hinge for the next verses. "Hepher" is also a place or district (Josh 12:17; 1 Kgs 4:10).

  3. Joshua 17:3 חֵ֨פֶר Hepher

    But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

    Here: One of the six Manassite clans named in verse 2. Hepher is also a place name (Josh 12:17; 1 Kgs 4:10), so the person and the clan territory overlap.

1 Kings · 1

  1. 1 Kings 4:10 חֵֽפֶר׃ ס Hepher

    Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:6 חֵ֔פֶר Hepher

    Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.

  2. 1 Chronicles 11:36 חֵ֚פֶר Hepher

    Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

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