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חֵ֫פֶר

che.pherHepher
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man9 occurrences4 books9 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Hepher: A Mecherathite, one of David's mighty warriors
  • Hepher: A son of Ashhur, from the tribe of Judah
  • Hepher: Son of Gilead, ancestor of the Hepherites
  • Hepher: A Canaanite city conquered by Joshua; later a Solomonic district

Definition

from H2658 or H2659; a pit of shame; Chepher, a place in Palestine; also the name of three Israelites
Traditional renderings: Hepher.

Glossary entries

Hepher (Place) Hepherite Hepher (Person)

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

9 total
  1. Numbers 26:32וְחֵ֕פֶר · from Hepher
    …the Shemidaite clan from Shemida, and the Hepherite clan from Hepher.
  2. Numbers 26:33חֵ֗פֶר · of 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 27:1חֵ֤פֶר · of 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
  4. Joshua 12:17חֵ֖פֶר · of Hepher
    …the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
  5. Joshua 17:2חֵ֖פֶר · 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.
  6. Joshua 17:3חֵ֨פֶר · of 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.
  7. 1 Kings 4:10חֵֽפֶר׃ס · of Hepher
    Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
  8. 1 Chronicles 4:6חֵ֔פֶר · Hepher
    Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.
  9. 1 Chronicles 11:36חֵ֚פֶר · Hepher
    Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,