Every Name in Tanakh

עֵבֵר Eber

Every verse in which this name stands — 15 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 272×15 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for two patriarchs and four Israelites. The name stands 15 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:21 and last at 1 Chronicles 8:22.

Genesis 10:21בראשית י:כא

וּלְשֵׁם יֻלַּד גַּם־הוּא אֲבִי כָּל־בְּנֵי־עֵבֶר אֲחִי יֶפֶת הַגָּדֽוֹל

And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

Genesis 10:24בראשית י:כד

וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד יָלַד אֶת־שָׁלַח וְשֶׁלַח יָלַד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר

And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.

Genesis 10:25בראשית י:כה

וּלְעֵבֶר יֻלַּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים שֵׁם הָֽאֶחָד פֶּלֶג כִּי בְיָמָיו נִפְלְגָה הָאָרֶץ וְשֵׁם אָחִיו יָקְטָֽן

And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Genesis 11:15בראשית יא:טו

וַֽיְחִי־שֶׁלַח אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־עֵבֶר שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

And Shelah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:16בראשית יא:טז

וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַרְבַּע וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־פָּֽלֶג

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.

Genesis 11:17בראשית יא:יז

וַֽיְחִי־עֵבֶר אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־פֶּלֶג שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

Numbers 24:24במדבר כד:כד

וְצִים מִיַּד כִּתִּים וְעִנּוּ אַשּׁוּר וְעִנּוּ־עֵבֶר וְגַם־הוּא עֲדֵי אֹבֵֽד

But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, And he also shall come to destruction.

1 Chronicles 1:19דברי הימים א א:יט

וּלְעֵבֶר יֻלַּד שְׁנֵי בָנִים שֵׁם הָאֶחָד פֶּלֶג כִּי בְיָמָיו נִפְלְגָה הָאָרֶץ וְשֵׁם אָחִיו יָקְטָֽן

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

1 Chronicles 5:13דברי הימים א ה:יג

וַאֲחֵיהֶם לְבֵית אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם מִֽיכָאֵל וּמְשֻׁלָּם וְשֶׁבַע וְיוֹרַי וְיַעְכָּן וְזִיעַ וָעֵבֶר שִׁבְעָֽה

and their brethren of their fathers’houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.

1 Chronicles 8:12דברי הימים א ח:יב

וּבְנֵי אֶלְפַּעַל עֵבֶר וּמִשְׁעָם וָשָׁמֶד הוּא בָּנָה אֶת־אוֹנוֹ וְאֶת־לֹד וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ

And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Eber?

Eber — עבר in Hebrew — has a gematria of 272 in the standard method.

How many times is Eber named in the Tanakh?

15 times, first at Genesis 10:21.

A spelling is not a name. The written word עבר stands 112 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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