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# חָבֵר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2270

**united** — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

united [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2270/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָבֵר: adj. n.m. united, associate, companion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2270/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. and n.m. Ct 8:13, united, associate, companion—ח׳ abs. Pr 28:24 ψ 119:63; sf. חֲבֵרוֹ Ec 4:10 (+ 3 times Ez Kt; Qr חבריו, v. infr.); pl. חֲבֵרִים Ju 20:11 Ct 8:13; cstr. חַבְרֵי Is 1:23; sf. חֲבֵרֶ֑ךָ ψ 45:8, חֲבֵרֶ֑יךָ Ct 1:7; חֲבֵרָיו Is 44:11 + 3 times Ez Qr;— adj. united כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד חֲבֵרִים Ju 20:11 knit together as one man (AV RV). n. associate, fellow: of children (tribes) of Isr. assoc. with Judah as head Ez 37:16; id. assoc. with Joseph (Ephr.) as head v 16, 19 (in all these read Qr חֲבֵרָיו). of like rank ψ 45:8. of like calling Ct 1:7. worshippers (associates, belonging to the society or guild) of idols Is 44:11 (v. Che; \> others priests, Geiger Urschr, 121, 493 SS, cf. חֶבֶר Ho 6:9; Du reads חֲבָרִים enchantments). in gen. Ct 8:13. implying likeness of character Is 1:23 Pr 28:24 ψ 119:63. companion at a particular time Ec 4:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: companions (6); \[am\] a companion (1); \[is\] a companion (1).

## In the verses

[Judges 20:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.20.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.20.11/#tree)

וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף כָּל־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־הָעִ֔יר כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד חֲבֵרִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.gathered every (the).man of.Israel to the city like a.man one united

*JPS 1917:* So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

[Psalms 119:63](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.63/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.63/#tree)

חָבֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי לְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְרֵא֑וּךָ וּ֝לְשֹׁמְרֵ֗י פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* \[am\].a.companion I of all \[those\].who they fear.you and of \[those.who\].keep precepts (of).your

*JPS 1917:* I am a companion of all them that fear Thee, and of them that observe Thy precepts.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2270.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2270/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).