Hebrew a / h:n-m · H2270
חָבֵר
chaberkhaw-bare'
companion
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châbêr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2270is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2270
an associate
The King James renders it: companion, fellow, knit together.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chaber is rendered "companion". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 20:11So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
Judges 20:11חֲבֵרִֽים׃ פ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's twelve uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- associates its3
- a companion2
- and companions of1
- companion his1
- companions1
- companions his1
- companions your1
- more than companions your1
- united1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חָבֵת | chabeth | flatbread | Uses1 |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חֲבֵרָ֑יו2
- וְחַבְרֵי֙1
- חָבֵ֣ר1
- חָבֵ֥ר1
- חֲבֵר֑וֹ1
- חֲבֵרָיו֙1
- חֲבֵרָֽיו׃1
- חֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃1
- חֲבֵרִ֛ים1
- חֲבֵרִֽים׃ פ1
- מֵֽחֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- number (cardinal) · masculine plural1HAcmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmpc
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms
Judges
one use
So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
- חֲבֵרִֽים׃ פchaverimnumber (cardinal) · masculine pluraltagged: united
Psalms
two uses
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- מֵֽחֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃mechavereikhapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: more than companions your
I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
- חָבֵ֣רchavernoun · masculine singulartagged: a companion
Proverbs
one use
He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
- חָבֵ֥רchavernoun · masculine singulartagged: a companion
Ecclesiastes
one use
For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
- חֲבֵר֑וֹchaveronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: companion his
Song of Solomon
two uses
Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
- חֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃chavereikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: companions your
You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
- חֲבֵרִ֛יםchaverimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: companions
Isaiah
two uses
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- וְחַבְרֵי֙vechavreiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and companions of
Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.
- חֲבֵרָיו֙chaveravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: companions his
Ezekiel
three uses
“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and to all the house of Israel associated with him.’
- חֲבֵרָ֑יוchaverovnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: associates its
- חֲבֵרָֽיו׃chaverovnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: associates its
you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’
- חֲבֵרָ֑יוchevrovnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: associates its
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.