Dictionaries :: Hepher

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Hepher:

a well or stream. (1.) A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (Jos 12:17).

(2.) The youngest son of Gilead (Num 26:32; 27:1).

(3.) The second son of Asher (1Ch 4:6).

(4.) One of David's heroes (1Ch 11:36).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Hepher:

a digger

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Hepher:

(chepher):

(1) Septuagint Hopher (Jos 12:17), a Canaanitish town mentioned between Tappuah and Aphek, unidentified.

(2) In 1Ki 4:10 a district connected with Socoh, and placed by Solomon under the direction of Benhesed of Arubboth, unidentified.

Nave's Topical Bible

Hepher: 1. Son of Gilead

And ancestor of Zelophehad,

Num 26:32, 33; 27:1; Jos 17:2, 3.

Hepher: 2. Son of Naarah

1Ch 4:6

Hepher: 3. One of David's Heroes

1Ch 11:36

Hepher: 4. A City West of the Jordan River

Jos 12:17; 1Ki 4:10

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Hepher:

(a well).

(1.) The youngest of the sons of Gilead (Numbers 26:32) and head of the family of the Hepherites. (B.C. before 1450)

(2.) Son of Ashur, the "father of Tekoa." (1 Chronicles 4:6). (B.C. about 1445)

(3.) The Mecherathite, one of the heroes of David's guard (1 Chronicles 11:36). (B.C. 1046)

(4.) A place in ancient Canaan which occurs in the lists of conquered kings (Joshua 12:17). It was on the west of Jordan (compare Joshua 12:7 and 1 Kings 4:10).