Heber

Hee´buhr; Heb., “enclave”

1 The eponym of a clan in Asher (Gen 46:17; Num 26:45; 1Chr 7:31-32). 2 The father or founder of Soco in Judah (1Chr 4:18). 3 A family in Benjamin (1Chr 8:17; cf. Eber in v. 1). 4 In an early narrative, the Kenite (“smith”) husband of Jael; Jael killed Sisera in her tent at the oak in Zaanannim, in north Galilee (Judg 4:21; Judg 5:24). This Heber had migrated to the territory of Naphtali, which had a common border with Asher, and had settled in peace with Jabin, king of Canaan, at Hazor (Judg 4:11; Judg 4:17).