Word Study · Strong's H2660 · Hebrew
חֵפֶר
Chepher
khay'-fer
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chêpher
“Chepher, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Chepher, a place in Palestine; also the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Hepher.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- חֵ֖פֶר2
- וְחֵ֕פֶר1
- חֵ֗פֶר1
- חֵ֤פֶר1
- חֵ֨פֶר1
- חֵ֔פֶר1
- חֵ֚פֶר1
- חֵֽפֶר׃ ס1
How it is rendered · 2
- Hepher8
- and Hepher1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)6
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 6
- HNpl · 2
- HC/Npm · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 26:32וְחֵ֕פֶרvecheferconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)the Shemidaite clan from Shemida, and the Hepherite clan from Hepher.here: and Hepher
- Numbers 26:33חֵ֗פֶרcheferproper noun (a name)Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.here: Hepher
- Numbers 27:1חֵ֤פֶרcheferproper noun (a name)Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approachedhere: Hepher
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 12:17חֵ֖פֶרcheferproper noun (a name)the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;here: Hepher
- Joshua 17:2חֵ֖פֶרcheferproper noun (a name)So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.here: Hepher
- Joshua 17:3חֵ֨פֶרcheferproper noun (a name)But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.here: Hepher