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== Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18549" /> == | == Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18549" /> == | ||
<p> Eber was an early Semite (i.e. a descendant of Shem) whose two sons, Joktan and Peleg, began two notable lines of family descent ( Genesis 10:21; Genesis 10:25). The line of descent through Joktan produced many of the [[Arab]] tribes ( Genesis 10:26-30), and the line through Peleg produced those tribes of [[Mesopotamia]] to which Abraham belonged ( Genesis 11:16-26). The name ‘Hebrew’, by which Abraham and his descendants were known, was taken from the name ‘Eber’ ( Genesis 10:21; Genesis 14:13; Genesis 39:17; Exodus 1:22; see | <p> Eber was an early [[Semite]] (i.e. a descendant of Shem) whose two sons, Joktan and Peleg, began two notable lines of family descent ( Genesis 10:21; Genesis 10:25). The line of descent through Joktan produced many of the [[Arab]] tribes ( Genesis 10:26-30), and the line through Peleg produced those tribes of [[Mesopotamia]] to which Abraham belonged ( Genesis 11:16-26). The name ‘Hebrew’, by which Abraham and his descendants were known, was taken from the name ‘Eber’ ( Genesis 10:21; Genesis 14:13; Genesis 39:17; Exodus 1:22; see [[Hebrew]] ). So too, it seems, was the name ‘Habiru’, by which semi-nomadic peoples in general were known. The word eber meant ‘to pass over or through’. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39887" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39887" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72363" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72363" /> == | ||
<p> '''E'ber.''' ( | <p> '''E'ber.''' ''(The [[Region]] Beyond).'' </p> <p> 1. Son of Salah, and great-grandson of Shem. Genesis 10:24; 1 Chronicles 1:19. (B.C. 2277-1813). [For confusion between [[Eber]] and [[Heber]] , ''See '' [[Heber]] ''.'' ] </p> <p> 2. Son of Elpaal, and descendant of Sharahaim, of the tribe of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 8:12. (B.C. 1400). </p> <p> 3. A priest, in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua. Nehemiah 12:20. (B.C. 445). </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65892" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65892" /> == | ||
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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31310" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31310" /> == | ||
<li> The head of the priestly family of Amok in the time of [[Zerubbabel]] ( Nehemiah 12:20 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., | <li> The head of the priestly family of Amok in the time of [[Zerubbabel]] ( Nehemiah 12:20 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]] Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Eber'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/eber.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35208" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35208" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70004" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70004" /> == | ||
<p> ''' | <p> [[Eber]] ( ''Ç'Ber'' ), ''Beyond.'' 1. The great-grandson of Shem, Genesis 10:21; Genesis 10:24; Genesis 11:14-17; 1 Chronicles 1:19, and the ancestor of Abraham in the seventh generation. See Hebrews, Heber. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55688" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55688" /> == | ||
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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15983" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15983" /> == | ||
<p> See | <p> See Heber . </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3337" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3337" /> == | ||
<p> '''''ē´bẽr''''' ( עבר , <i> '''''‛ebher''''' </i> ; Ἔβερ , <i> '''''Éber''''' </i> , in Gen; Ωβήδ , <i> '''''Ōbḗd''''' </i> , in Ch): </p> <p> (1) Occurs in the genealogies ( Genesis 10:21 , Genesis 10:25; Genesis 11:14 ) as the great-grandson of Shem and father of Peleg and Joktan. The word means "the other side," "across," and the form "Hebrew," which is derived from it, is intended to denote the people or tribe who came "from the other, side of the river" (i.e. the Euphrates), from Haran ( Genesis 11:31 ), whence Abraham and his dependents migrated to Canaan. </p> <p> (2) A G adite ( 1 Chronicles 5:13 ). </p> <p> (3) (4) Two Benjamites ( 1 Chronicles 8:12 , 1 Chronicles 8:22 ). </p> <p> (5) The head of a priestly family ( Nehemiah 12:20 ). </p> | <p> ''''' ē´bẽr ''''' ( עבר , <i> ''''' ‛ebher ''''' </i> ; Ἔβερ , <i> ''''' Éber ''''' </i> , in Gen; Ωβήδ , <i> ''''' Ōbḗd ''''' </i> , in Ch): </p> <p> (1) Occurs in the genealogies ( Genesis 10:21 , Genesis 10:25; Genesis 11:14 ) as the great-grandson of Shem and father of Peleg and Joktan. The word means "the other side," "across," and the form "Hebrew," which is derived from it, is intended to denote the people or tribe who came "from the other, side of the river" (i.e. the Euphrates), from Haran ( Genesis 11:31 ), whence Abraham and his dependents migrated to Canaan. </p> <p> (2) A G adite ( 1 Chronicles 5:13 ). </p> <p> (3) (4) Two Benjamites ( 1 Chronicles 8:12 , 1 Chronicles 8:22 ). </p> <p> (5) The head of a priestly family ( Nehemiah 12:20 ). </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15554" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15554" /> == | ||
