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Nave Topical Bible
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American Tract Society
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hitchcock Bible Names
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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• גַּת הַחֵפֶר , גַּת חֵפֶר
• חֵפֶר , חֵפֶר

HEPHER. 1. Son of Gilead the Manassite, and father of Zelophehad, Numbers 26:32; Numbers 27:1 , Joshua 17:2 f. (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ). Patronymic, Hepherites ( Numbers 26:32 ). 2. One of the tribe of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 4:6 ). 3. A Mecherathite, one of David’s beroes ( 1 Chronicles 11:36 ). 4. A Canaanite royal city, named immediately before Aphek ( Joshua 12:17 ). The site is uncertain. The land of Hepher is mentioned in 1 Kings 4:10 along with Socoh.