חֵ֫פֶר
che.pher
Hepher
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "חֵ֫פֶר" (che.pher) is recorded as 'Hepher' in the lexicon. As a proper noun, it is identified as a personal name. The word 'Hepher' appears five times in the Hebrew Bible, suggesting it is associated with an individual or family of significance within a small circle of individuals mentioned in the text. Without further context, the range of usage and significance of 'Hepher' as a name remains limited to its occurrence in specific passages. The frequency of its appearance may indicate a certain level of importance or local recognition of the person it belongs to. As a single personal name, 'Hepher' conveys a unique identity within the community, with little information available from this data alone about the social status, occupation, or other characteristics of the individual it represents.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
and Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
Numbers 26:33Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers 27:1Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph came near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Joshua 17:2So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for the children of Asriel, for the children of Shechem, for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida. These were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.
Joshua 17:3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.