Heber

A Kenite; husband of Jael.

A written article for Heber is still to come. Below and alongside: where Heber appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1400 BC
    1200 BC
  • Heber
    c. 1300 BC

Original word

  • חֶבֶר heber, hebers
    H2268
Relationships
Wife: Jael
Citations
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Where Heber appears in Scripture

Genesis 46

וּבְנֵי אָשֵׁר יִמְנָה וְיִשְׁוָה וְיִשְׁוִי וּבְרִיעָה וְשֶׂרַח אֲחֹתָם וּבְנֵי בְרִיעָה חֶבֶר וּמַלְכִּיאֵֽל׃
17
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

Numbers 26

לִבְנֵי בְרִיעָה לְחֶבֶר מִשְׁפַּחַת הַֽחֶבְרִי לְמַלְכִּיאֵל מִשְׁפַּחַת הַמַּלְכִּֽיאֵלִֽי׃
45
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

Judges 4

וְחֶבֶר הַקֵּינִי נִפְרָד מִקַּיִן מִבְּנֵי חֹבָב חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה וַיֵּט אָֽהֳלוֹ עַד-אֵלוֹן ‫(בצענים)‬ בְּצַעֲנַנִּים אֲשֶׁר אֶת-קֶֽדֶשׁ׃
11
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
וְסִֽיסְרָא נָס בְּרַגְלָיו אֶל-אֹהֶל יָעֵל אֵשֶׁת חֶבֶר הַקֵּינִי כִּי שָׁלוֹם בֵּין יָבִין מֶֽלֶךְ-חָצוֹר וּבֵין בֵּית חֶבֶר הַקֵּינִֽי׃
17
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
וַתִּקַּח יָעֵל אֵֽשֶׁת-חֶבֶר אֶת-יְתַד הָאֹהֶל וַתָּשֶׂם אֶת-הַמַּקֶּבֶת בְּיָדָהּ וַתָּבוֹא אֵלָיו בַּלָּאט וַתִּתְקַע אֶת-הַיָּתֵד בְּרַקָּתוֹ וַתִּצְנַח בָּאָרֶץ וְהֽוּא-נִרְדָּם וַיָּעַף וַיָּמֹֽת׃
21
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

Judges 5

תְּבֹרַךְ מִנָּשִׁים יָעֵל אֵשֶׁת חֶבֶר הַקֵּינִי מִנָּשִׁים בָּאֹהֶל תְּבֹרָֽךְ׃
24
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

1 Chronicles 4

וְאִשְׁתּוֹ הַיְהֻֽדִיָּה יָֽלְדָה אֶת-יֶרֶד אֲבִי גְדוֹר וְאֶת-חֶבֶר אֲבִי שׂוֹכוֹ וְאֶת-יְקֽוּתִיאֵל אֲבִי זָנוֹחַ וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי בִּתְיָה בַת-פַּרְעֹה אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מָֽרֶד׃
18
And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

1 Chronicles 7

וּבְנֵי בְרִיעָה חֶבֶר וּמַלְכִּיאֵל הוּא אֲבִי ‫(ברזות)‬ בִרְזָֽיִת׃
31
And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
וְחֶבֶר הוֹלִיד אֶת-יַפְלֵט וְאֶת-שׁוֹמֵר וְאֶת-חוֹתָם וְאֵת שׁוּעָא אֲחוֹתָֽם׃
32
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

1 Chronicles 8

וּזְבַדְיָה וּמְשֻׁלָּם וְחִזְקִי וָחָֽבֶר׃
17
And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,