Dictionary entry

HEPHER

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(a well).

  1. The youngest of the sons of Gilead, (Numbers 26:32) and head of the family of the Hepherites. (B.C. before 1450.)
  2. Son of Ashur, the "father of Tekoa." (1 Chronicles 4:6) (B.C. about 1445.)
  3. The Mecherathite, one of the heroes of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:36) (B.C. 1046.)