Original: חֵפֶר

Transliteration: Chêpher

Phonetic: khay'-fer

Short Definition: Hepher

Original: חפר

Transliteration: chêpher

Phonetic: khay'-fer

BDB Definition:

Hepher = "a well"

1. youngest son of Gilead and head of the family of Hepherites (noun proper masculine)
2. son of Asher, the father of Tekoa (noun proper masculine)
3. the Mecherathite, one of David's mighty warriors (noun proper masculine)
4. a place in ancient Canaan, west of the Jordan, conquered by Joshua site unknown (noun proper locative)
   1. a place in Judah, probably the same as 4 above

Origin: from H2658 or H2659

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H2658, H2661, H2662, H2663, H6512