Reference: Hepher

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

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

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

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

1. Nu 26:32-33; 27:1.

2. 1Ch 4:5-6.

3. 1Ch 11:36; not in the catalogue 2Sa 23:34, etc.

4. A place in ancient Canaan, whose king was conquered by Israel (Jos 12:17), W. of Jordan; so Solomon's commissariat district (1Ki 4:10), named with Socoh. Distinct from Gath-Hepher in Zebulun.

1. Son of Gilead the Manassite, and father of Zelophehad, Nu 26:32; 27:1; Jos 17:2 f. (Priestly Narrative). Patronymic, Hepherites (Nu 26:32). 2. One of the tribe of Judah (1Ch 4:6). 3. A Mecherathite, one of David's beroes (1Ch 11:36). 4. A Canaanite royal city, named immediately before Aphek (Jos 12:17). The site is uncertain. The land of Hepher is mentioned in 1Ki 4:10 along with Socoh.

He'pher

1. Youngest son of Gilead, and head of the family of the HEPHERITES. Nu 26:32; 27:1; Jos 17:2-3.

2. Son of Ashur and Naarah, of the tribe of Judah. 1Ch 4:6.

3. The Mecherathite, one of David's mighty men. 1Ch 11:36.

4. City and district, taken by Joshua. Jos 12:17; 1Ki 4:10. Not identified.

He'pher

(a well).

1. The youngest of the sons of Gilead,

Nu 26:32

and head of the family of the Hepherites. (B.C. before 1450.)

2. Son of Ashur, the "father of Tekoa."

1Ch 4:6

(B.C. about 1445.)

3. The Mecherathite, one of the heroes of David's guard.

1Ch 11:36

(B.C. 1046.)