HEBER (
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1. Grandson of Asher and founder of the family of the Heberites (Gen. xlvi. 17; Num. xxvi. 45). 2. Heber the Kenite, husband of Jael, (Judges iv. 11-17, v. 24). At the time of the war between Barak and Jabin, King of Hazor, Heber the Kenite separated himself from his family and pitched his tent in the plain of Zaanaim [A.V. "Zaanannim."] ib. iv. 11). He was at peace with both contending parties (ib. 17).
