Bible Names

Eber: meaning of the name

Eber means “one that passes; anger.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Eber in Hebrew and Greek

עֵבֵר H5677

ʻÊbêr (ay'-ber) — Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites

the same as H5676 (עֵבֶר);

Ἐβέρ G1443

Ebér — Eber, a patriarch

of Hebrew origin (H05677);

People named Eber in the Bible

Eber in Scripture

“Eber” appears in 13 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 10:21

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

  • Genesis 10:24

    And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

  • Genesis 10:25

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

  • Genesis 11:14

    And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

  • Genesis 11:15

    And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 11:16

    And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

  • Genesis 11:17

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

  • Numbers 24:24

    And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.