BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7763
sho.mer — Shomer
A man of the Moabites living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.12.21; father of: Jehozabad (H3075); also called Shimrith at 2Ch.24.26; Also named: shim.rit (שִׁמְרִית "Shimrith" H8116) § Shomer = "keeper" 1) son of Jehozabad or Shimrith the Moabitess and one of the conspirators who slew king Joash of Judah 2) an Asherite, son of Heber 2a) also 'Shemer'
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2268
che.ver — Heber
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.17; son of: Beriah (H1283); brother of: Malchiel (H4439); father of: Japhlet (H3310), Shomer (H7763H), Hotham (H2369) and Shua (H7774) Also named: chev.ri (חֶבְרִי "Heberite" H2277) § Heber = "comrade" 1) the Kenite, husband of Jael, who slew Sisera by driving a nail into his temple 2) grandson of Asher from whom came the Heberites 3) father of Socho, a Judahite 4) a Benjamite 5) another Benjamite 6) a Gadite
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3075
ye.ho.za.vad — Jehozabad
A man of the Moabites living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.12.21; son of: Shomer (H7763) § Jehozabad = "Jehovah has endowed" 1) son of Shomer, a Moabitish woman, who murdered Joash, king of Judah 2) a Benjamite, captain of 180,000 armed men, in the days of Jehoshaphat 3) a Korhite Levite, 2nd son of Obededom, and one of the porters of the temple and of the storehouse there in the time of David
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8106
she.mer — Shemer
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.24 § Shemer or Shamer = "preserved" 1) the owner of the hill where the city of Samaria was built 2) a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and father of Bani 3) an Asherite, son of Heber and father of Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. Also 'Shomer'
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2369
cho.tam — Hotham
A man of the tribe of Asher living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.7.32; son of: Heber (H2268); brother of: Japhlet (H3310), Shomer (H7763H) and Shua (H7774); father of: Zophah (H6690), Imna (H3234), Shelesh (H8028) and Amal (H6000); also called Helem at 1Ch.7.35; Also named: he.lem (הֶ֫לֶם "Helem" H1987) § Hotham = "seal" 1) a man of Asher, son of Heber, of the family of Beriah 2) father of two of David's mighty warriors
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3310
yaph.let — Japhlet
A man of the tribe of Asher living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.16.3; son of: Heber (H2268); brother of: Shomer (H7763H), Hotham (H2369) and Shua (H7774); father of: Pasach (H6457), Bimhal (H1118) and Ashvath (H6220) Also named: yaph.le.ti (יַפְלֵטִי "Japhletite" H3311) § Japhlet = "he will deliver" a descendant of Asher through Beriah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1987
he.lem — Helem
A man of the tribe of Asher living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.7.32; son of: Heber (H2268); brother of: Japhlet (H3310), Shomer (H7763H) and Shua (H7774); father of: Zophah (H6690), Imna (H3234), Shelesh (H8028) and Amal (H6000); also called Helem at 1Ch.7.35; Another name of cho.tam (חוֹתָם "Hotham" H2369G) § Helem = "smiter" a descendant of Asher
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2277
chev.ri — Heberite
Someone descended from Heber who was a man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.17; son of: Beriah (H1283); brother of: Malchiel (H4439); father of: Japhlet (H3310), Shomer (H7763H), Hotham (H2369) and Shua (H7774) Group of che.ver (חֶ֫בֶר "Heber" H2268) § Heberites , of Heber descendants of Heber
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3160
ye.chub.bah — Jehubbah
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.34; son of: Shomer (H7763H); brother of: Ahi (H0277H), Rohgah (H7303) and Aram (H0758J) § Jehubbah = "hidden" a man of Asher, son of Shomer or Shamer of the house of Beriah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3311
yaph.le.ti — Japhletite
Someone descended from Japhlet who was a man of the tribe of Asher living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.16.3; son of: Heber (H2268); brother of: Shomer (H7763H), Hotham (H2369) and Shua (H7774); father of: Pasach (H6457), Bimhal (H1118) and Ashvath (H6220) Group of yaph.let (יַפְלֵט "Japhlet" H3310) § Japhleti see Japhlet = "let him escape" descendants of Asher of the family of Japhlet who lived on the southwest border of Ephraim. Used as location
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7303
ro.ha.gah — Rohgah
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.34; son of: Shomer (H7763H); brother of: Ahi (H0277H), Jehubbah (H3160) and Aram (H0758J) § Rohgah = "clamour" an Asherite of the sons of Shamer
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7774
shu.a — Shua
A woman of the tribe of Asher living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.32; daughter of: Heber (H2268); sister of: Japhlet (H3310), Shomer (H7763H) and Hotham (H2369) § Shua = "wealth" an Asheritess, daughter of Heber and sister to Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8116
shim.rit — Shimrith
A man of the Moabites living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.12.21; father of: Jehozabad (H3075); also called Shimrith at 2Ch.24.26; Another name of sho.mer (שֹׁמֵר "Shomer" H7763G) § Shimrith = "vigilant" a Moabitess, mother of Jehozabad, one of the assassins of king Joash of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Watchman. (1.) The mother of Jehozabad, who murdered Joash (2 Kings 12:21); called also Shimrith, a Moabitess (2 Chr. 24:26). (2.) A man of Asher (1 Chr. 7:32); called also Shamer (34).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
