Heave-shoulder (fra^nn pVj, Sept. [ipaxiojv «0ai()s/(oroe) is the name applied to the (right) shoul- der that fell to the priests in the presentation of animals as a thank-offering (Lev. vii, 34; Numb, vi, 20; xviii, 18), which coidd be eaten only by such of their families as were in a ceremonially clean state (Lev. x, 14). See Offering.
Hebard, Elijah, a ^Methodist Episcopal minister. He was born at Coxsackic, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1788 ; was con- verted at thirteen ; entered the New York Conference in May, 1811; in 1819 was appointed to New Haven; in 1820 and 21 to New York; in 1834 was transferred to Genesee Conference, and stationed at Eochester; was presiding elder on Ontario District in 1837-40; in 184G he superannuated ; and died at Geneva, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1858. lie was a diligent student, a sound theologian, and a good scholar in Greek and Hebrew. — Minutes of Confircnccs, vii, 205.
He'ber, the name of seven men, with a difference of ortliography in the original. Sec also Ebek.
1. EiiEK (Heb. E'hcr, ^3?, one of the other side, i. e. of the river, q. d. immigrant; Sept."E/3jp and "E/Stp. Vulg. Ileher), son of Salah, who Ijecame the father of I'eleg at the age of 34 years, and died at the age of 4G4 (Cicn. X, 24; xi, 14; 1 Chron. i, 2.5). His name occurs in tlic genealogy of Christ (Luke iii, 35, 'E/3ep, "He- ber"). 15.C. 2448-1984. There is a degree of interest connected with him from the notion, which the Jews themselves entertain, that the name of Hebrews, applied to tliem, was derived from this alleged ancestor of Abra- ham. No historical ground appears why this name should lie derived from him rather than from any other personage that occurs in the catalogue of Shem's de- scendants; but there are so much stronger objections to every other hypothesis, that this, perhaps, is still the most proliable of any which have yet been started. (See (icscnius, Geschichte der Ileb.Sprnche mid Schrift,\). 11.) Hence " the children of Eber" (".23 *i3a. Gen. x, 21), and simply in poetrj' Eber (*l5?,Numb.xxiv,24; Sept, 'E/3()o«o( , Yulg. Ilehrni), i. q. H k.bkews (Qi'iar). Sev- eral other persons of this (Heb.) name occur, but no otliors are aimvhere Anglicized " Heber."
2. " EitKii" (same Ilel). word as above; Sept. 'liofii)^, Vulg. I/iher), the last-named of the .seven chiefs of the Gaditcs in IJashan (1 Chron. v, 13, where the name is Anglicized "Heber"). B.C. between 1G12 and 1093.
3. ICher (same Hcl)rew word as above; Sept. 'i2/3/;5, Vulg. //clitr), apparently one of the sons of Shashak, and a chief of tlie tribe of ijenjamin (1 Chron. viii, 22, where the name is AngUci^ed " Heber"). B.C. ante 598.
4. "Heber" (Che'her, '^311, community, as in Hos.vi, 9; Prov. xxi, 9; or a spell, as in Dent, xviii, 11; Isa. xlvii, 9, 12 ; Sept. Xofiop, Xo/3fp, X«/3fp), son of Beriah, and grandson ofAsher (Gen. xlvi, 17 ; 1 Chron. vii, 31, 32). B.C. apparently ante 1873. His descendants are called Heberites (Heb. Chehri', 'i"i3n, Sept. Xofitpl, Numb, xxvi, 45, where the name of the progenitor ia written "i^n).
5. "Heber" (same Heb. word as last, Sept. Xn/3£p, Vulg. Ilabe?-'), " a descendant of Hobab, which latter was son of Jethro, and brother of the wife of Moses. His wife was the Jael who slew Sisera (B.C. 1409), and he is called Heber the Kenite (Judg. iv, 11, 17 ; v, 24), which seems to have been a name for the whole family (Judg. i, 16). Heber appears to have lived separate from the rest of the Kenites, leading a patriarchal life amid his tents and flocks. He must have been a person of some consequence, from its being stated that there was peace between the house of Heber and the powerful king Ja- bin. At the time the history brings him under our no- tice, his camp was in the plain of Zaanaim, near Kedesh, in Naphtali" (Kitto). See Jael; Kenite.
6. " Heber" (same Heb. word as last, Sept. 'A/3ap), apparently a son of Mered (of Judah) bj' Jehudijah, and " father" of Socho (1 Chron. iv, 18). B.C. post 1012. See Mered.
7. " Heber" (same Heb. word as last, Sept. 'A/3fp), one of the " sons" of Elpaal, and a chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chron. viii, 17). B.C. apparently cir. 598.
Heber, Eeginald, bishop of Calcutta, was bom at INIalpas, Cheshire, April 21, 1783. He gave early indi- cations of poetical talent. At thirteen he was placed in the school of a clergyman near London ; in November, 1800, he was entered at Brasenose College, Oxford, and in the same year he gained the prize for Latin verse. In the spring of 1803 he wrote his prize poem, Palestine, which has obtained a permanent place in English liter- ature. In 1804 he became a fellow of All Souls. About the middle of 1805, in companj' with Mr. John Thornton, he set out on a Continental tour, and spent a year trav- elling through Russia, the Crimea, Hungarj', Austria, and Prussia. In 1807 he took orders, and was instituted by his brother Richard to the family living at Hodnet. Here, as he himself described, he was in a " half-way situation between a parson and a squire." " While dis- charging the duties of his parish with great fidelitj^, he was ardently devoted to the pursuits of literature. He was a frequent contributor to the Quarterly Beview from its commencement. In 1812 he commenced the prepa- ration of a Dictionary of the Bible, on which he labored with much delight; but other duties compelled him to suspend this work, and no part of it was ever published. In the same year he published a small volume oi Hymns adapted to the WeeMy Church Service (new ed. London, 1838, 12mo). The composition of his Hymns, with a view of improving the psalmody and devotional poetry used in churches, was also a favorite recreation. He was an elegant versifier, and continued to indulge his ]ioetical talents even while engaged in visiting his dio- cese in India. He had a great distaste for controver- sial theology, and onlj' once was engaged in a discus- sion of this kind, in reply to what he conceived were the unwarrantable imputations of a vrc'itar in the Brit- ish Critic. His political views were those of the High- Church and Tory party, but quite devoid of bitterness. In 1815 he was appointed Bampton lecturer, and the subject he selected was The Personality and Office of the Christian Comforter (2d ed. Lond. 1818, 8vo). In 1817, Dr. Luxmore, the bishop of St. Asaph, appointed Heber to a stall in that cathedral, at the request of his father- in-law the dean. In 1819 he edited the works of bishop Jeremy Taylor (1 5 vols. 8vo, with Life of Taylor). In April, 1822, he was elected preacher of Lincoln's Inn, for whicli he had formerly been an unsuccessful candidate," In December of that year, the see of Calcutta, vacated 1 by the death of bishop jMidtUeton, was offered to him.