חֶבֶר
cheber · H2267 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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community, company, group, gang
State of being associated with other people for a common purpose
ExamplesProverbs 21:9 It is better to live on a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 25:24 It is better to live on a corner of the roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Hosea 6:9 And as a band of robbers lie in wait for a person, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Certainly they have committed an act of infamy.
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spells
Action by which humans make an effort to gain control over humans, animals, or deities in a supernatural way
ExamplesDeuteronomy 18:11 or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who consults the dead.
Psalm 58:5 So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells.
Isaiah 47:9 “But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day: Loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in full measure In spite of your many sorceries, In spite of the great power of your spells.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ךְyour 2
- כֹּהֵןpriest 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָצַחmurderer, to murder 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- חָבַרto be joined together 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 2
- עׇצְמָהstrength 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- קֶסֶם qeçem · H7081 · divination, lot
- Both denote prohibited magical or divinatory practices—חֶבֶר (cheber, H2267) charming or enchantment, קֶסֶם (qeçem, H7081) divination or witchcraft—two closely related terms within the field of forbidden magic.
- נַחַשׁ nachash · H5173 · omen, enchantment
- Both belong to the field of magic or enchantment practices; חֶבֶר (cheber, H2267) has a much broader range beyond divination (also meaning "company" or "wide"), so the overlap with נַחַשׁ (nachash, H5173)'s narrower focus on enchantment represents only one facet of חֶבֶר (cheber, H2267)'s meaning.
- כֶּשֶׁף kesheph · H3785 · sorcery
- Both denote magical or occult practices—חֶבֶר (cheber, H2267) enchantment or charming, כֶּשֶׁף (kesheph, H3785) sorcery or witchcraft—closely related terms for forbidden divination.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Associate002003002002
- חֶבֶר denotes association or companionship, as in the repeated proverb about a house "shared with a contentious woman" (Proverbs 21:9, 25:24) and the "band of priests" acting in league together at Hosea 6:9.
- Divination002003003009
- The same word also denotes a magical spell or incantation, illustrated at Deuteronomy 18:11 ("one who casts a spell") and the repeated "spells" and "sorceries" of Isaiah 47:9 and 47:12.
- Names of People003001007
- This entry carries no independent "Names of People" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence (Deuteronomy 18:11, Proverbs 21:9, Isaiah 47:9, Hosea 6:9) is the common noun for association or spell, not a personal name. The domain is bundle-shared with the similarly-spelled proper name חֶבֶר (Cheber, H2268). See חֶבֶר (Cheber, H2268).
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2267. cheber חֶ֫בֶר noun [masculine] company, association, spell — absolute חָ֑בֶר Deu…
חֶ֫בֶר noun [masculine] company, association, spell — absolute חָ֑בֶר Deu 18:11 Deu 18:2t.; construct חֶבֶר Hos 6:9; plural חֲבָרִים Psa 58:6, suffix חֲבָרַיִךְ Isa 47:9, Isa 47:11 —
1 company, band of (bad) priests Hos 6:9.
2 association, society (abstract), only in חָ֑בֶר בֵּית Pro 21:9 = Pro 25:24 house of association, i. e. shared with a contentious woman (house in common, see RVm VB).
3 spell :
a. as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with חָבַר (q. v.) Deu 18:11; Psa 58:6.
b. alone, of Babylonian magic Isa 47:9, Isa 47:11 (see Len Chald. Magic [1878]; Magie u. Wahrsage-kunst 1878; ScholzG-tzendienst u. Zauberwesen, 1877. 80 ff. SayTBA iii. 145 ff and Rel,. Bab 396 ff., 440 ff.).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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