Hepher

Mentioned 1451–1442 BC traditional (Jones)

The youngest son of Gilead (Num. 26:32; 27:1).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father: Gilead
Child: Zelophehad
Siblings: Abiezer, Asriel, Helek, Shechem, Shemida
Tagged in: 5 verses

The 28th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
Mentioned in the era of the Judges, 1450–1051 BC.
Named in the same verses as Hoglah, Mahlah, Milcah, Noah, Tirzah, Zelophehad, Gilead, and Joseph.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Hepher, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

location not graded: West Manasseh2

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1476–1417 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 2 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

5 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

Numbers3
Joshua2

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Hepher 9
KJV	Hepher 9
ASV	Hepher 9

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Every verse

All 5 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Numbers3 verses

26:32
the Shemidaite clan from Shemida, and the Hepherite clan from Hepher.
26:33
Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
27:1
Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached

Joshua2 verses

17:2
So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.
17:3
But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.