Eber

Ee´buhr

1 The great-grandson of Shem, father of Peleg and Joktan (Gen 10:24-25; Gen 11:14-17; 1Chr 1:18-19; 1Chr 1:25), ancestor of Abram (Gen 11:17-26) and Jesus (Luke 3:35). Eber would appear to be the eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews (cf. Israel), but nothing is made of this beyond the placing of the name in Abram’s ancestral line. 2 Beside Asshur (Assyria) in (Num 24:24), probably the region and population “beyond” (the literal meaning of eber in Heb.) the river (Euphrates). 3 The head of the priestly family of Amok in the generation following that of those who returned to Jerusalem with Joshua and Zerubbabel (Neh 12:20). 4 A Gadite (1Chr 5:13). 5 A Benjaminite, son of Elpaal (1Chr 8:12). 6 A Benjaminite, son of Shashak (1Chr 8:22).