Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Greek [1]
Scripts עֵבֶר (Ancient Hebrew) in Hebrew, derived from the root עָבַר (ʿavar) meaning "to pass over, to cross" [2] . In the Old Testament he is a descendant of Shem said to be the ancestor of the Hebrews.
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- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g1443, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g1443.
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h5674, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h5674.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026