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Eeber
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Hab. id. עֶבֶר , country beyond), the name of five men.
1. (Sept. ῞Εβερ and ῞Εβερ, Vulg. Heber.) Eber (as the name should be Anglicized) was the son of Salah, and father of Peleg, being the third post- diluvian patriarch after Shem (Genesis 10:24; Genesis 11:14; 1 Chronicles 1:18; 1 Chronicles 1:25). B.C. 2448-1984. He is claimed as the founder of the Hebrew race (Genesis 10:21; Numbers 24:24). (See HEBER). In Luke 3:35, his name (Ε᾿βέρ ) is Anglicized Heber.
2. (Sept. Ιωβήδ, Vulg. Heber.) The youngest of the seven heads of families of the Gadites in Bashan (1 Chronicles 5:13; A.V. "Heber"). B.C. 782.
3. (Sept. ᾿Ωβήδ, Vulg. Heber.) The oldest of the three sons of Elpaal the Benjamite, and one of those who rebuilt Ono and Lod, with their suburbs (1 Chronicles 8:12). B.C. 535.
4. (Sept. ᾿Ωβήδ, Vulg. Heber.) One of the heads of the families of Benjamites resident at Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 8:22; A.V. " Heber"). B.C. 535.
5. (Sept. Ἀβέδ, Vulg. Heber.) The head of the priestly family of Amok, in the time of the return from exile under Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:20). B.C. 535.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Eeber'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/eeber.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
