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His name appears in the context of the descendants of Asher, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, who was a patriarch of the tribes of Israel. The name "Sheber" is derived from the Hebrew root meaning "to break" or "to shatter," which may imply strength or a significant impact.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b> <br>Sheber is mentioned in the genealogical listings found in the First Book of Chronicles. Specifically, he is noted in the lineage of Asher, which is detailed in <a href="/1_chronicles/7-34.htm">1 Chronicles 7:34</a>. The passage reads: "The sons of Shomer: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram." In some translations and interpretations, Sheber is considered synonymous with Shomer, indicating a possible textual variation or transliteration difference.<br><br><b>Genealogical Context:</b> <br>Asher, the father of the tribe to which Sheber belongs, was the eighth son of Jacob and Zilpah, Leah's maidservant. The tribe of Asher is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, known for its prosperity and abundance, as reflected in Jacob's blessing in <a href="/genesis/49-20.htm">Genesis 49:20</a>: "Asher’s food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king."<br><br>Sheber's mention in the genealogical records underscores the importance of family lineage and heritage in the biblical narrative. The chronicling of descendants serves to establish the continuity of God's covenant with Israel through the generations.<br><br><b>Cultural and Theological Significance:</b> <br>The genealogies in the Bible, including the mention of figures like Sheber, highlight the fulfillment of God's promises to the patriarchs. They serve as a testament to the faithfulness of God in preserving His chosen people and maintaining the line through which the Messiah would eventually come.<br><br>In the broader theological context, the inclusion of Sheber in the genealogical records reflects the value placed on each member of the Israelite community, regardless of their prominence or obscurity. Every individual plays a role in the unfolding of God's redemptive plan, emphasizing the interconnectedness of the people of God.<br><br><b>Historical Context:</b> <br>The genealogies in 1 Chronicles were likely compiled during or after the Babylonian exile, a period when the Israelites were returning to their homeland and re-establishing their identity as a nation. The chronicler's intent was to remind the people of their heritage and the divine promises associated with their ancestry.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b> <br>While Sheber is a relatively obscure figure in the biblical narrative, his inclusion in the genealogical records of 1 Chronicles underscores the importance of lineage and the fulfillment of God's covenantal promises. His mention serves as a reminder of the intricate tapestry of individuals who comprise the history of Israel and the unfolding of God's plan for His people.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Sheber</span><p>breaking; hope<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Sheber</span><p>(<i>breaking</i>), son of Caleb ben-Hezron by his concubine Maachah. (<a href="/1_chronicles/2-48.htm">1 Chronicles 2:48</a>) (B.C. after 1690.)<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SHEBER</span><p>she'-ber (shebher; Codex Vaticanus Saber, Codex Alexandrinus Seber): A son of Caleb by his concubine Maacah (<a href="/1_chronicles/2-48.htm">1 Chronicles 2:48</a>).<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7669.htm"><span class="l">7669. <b>Sheber</b> -- a son of Caleb</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7668, 7669. <b>Sheber</b>. 7670 . a son of Caleb. Transliteration: <b>Sheber</b> Phonetic<br> Spelling: (sheh'-ber) Short Definition: <b>Sheber</b>. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7669.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm"><span class="l">7667. <b>sheber</b> -- a breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash</span></a><br><b>sheber</b> or <b>sheber</b>. 7666, 7667. <b>sheber</b> or <b>sheber</b>. 7668 . a breaking,<br> fracture, crushing, breach, crash. Transliteration: <b>sheber</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7667.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7668.htm"><span class="l">7668. <b>sheber</b> -- corn, grain</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7667, 7668. <b>sheber</b>. 7669 . corn, grain. Transliteration: <b>sheber</b> Phonetic Spelling:<br> (sheh'-ber) Short Definition: grain. <b>...</b> see HEBREW <b>sheber</b>. 7667, 7668. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7668.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7671.htm"><span class="l">7671. Shebarim -- perhaps "quarries," a place near Ai</span></a><br><b>...</b> of <b>sheber</b> Definition perhaps "quarries," a place near Ai NASB Word Usage Shebarim<br> (1). <b>...</b> Plural of <b>sheber</b>; ruins; Shebarim, a place in Palestine -- Shebarim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7671.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7666.htm"><span class="l">7666. shabar -- to buy grain</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin denominative verb from <b>sheber</b> Definition to buy grain NASB Word Usage<br> bought (1), buy (12), buy grain (2), sell (3), sells (1), sold (2). buy, sell. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7666.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sheber.htm"><span class="l"><b>Sheber</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>SHEBER</b>. she'-ber (shebher; Codex Vaticanus Saber, Codex Alexandrinus Seber): A son<br> of Caleb by his concubine Maacah (1 Chronicles 2:48). <b>...</b><b>Sheber</b> (1 Occurrence). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sheber.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tirhanah.htm"><span class="l">Tirhanah (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Tirhanah (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 2:48 Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore <b>Sheber</b><br> and Tirhanah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tirhanah.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tir'hanah.htm"><span class="l">Tir'hanah (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Tir'hanah (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 2:48 Maacah,<br> Caleb's concubine, bore <b>Sheber</b> and Tirhanah. (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tir'hanah.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/maachah.htm"><span class="l">Maachah (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> brook Kidron. (KJV DBY WBS YLT). 1 Chronicles 2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine,<br> bare <b>Sheber</b>, and Tirhanah. (KJV DBY WBS YLT). 1 Chronicles <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/maachah.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/ma'acah.htm"><span class="l">Ma'acah (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> at the brook Kidron. (See RSV). 1 Chronicles 2:48 Maacah, Caleb's concubine,<br> bore <b>Sheber</b> and Tirhanah. (See RSV). 1 Chronicles 3:2 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/ma'acah.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/caleb's.htm"><span class="l">Caleb's (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). 1 Chronicles 2:48 Maacah, Caleb's concubine,<br> bore <b>Sheber</b> and Tirhanah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/caleb's.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/corn.htm"><span class="l">Corn (107 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In Genesis 42:1, 2, 19, Joshua 9:14, Nehemiah 10:31 ("victuals"), the word (<b>sheber</b>;<br> ie, "broken, " ie, grist) denotes generally victuals, provisions, and corn <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/corn.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/she-bears.htm"><span class="l">She-bears (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>She-bears. She-bear, She-bears. <b>Sheber</b> . Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b> (See JPS<br> ASV BBE DBY RSV). She-bear, She-bears. <b>Sheber</b> . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/she-bears.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/servant-wife.htm"><span class="l">Servant-wife (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> father of Gazez. (BBE). 1 Chronicles 2:48 Maacah, Caleb's servant-wife, was<br> the mother of <b>Sheber</b> and Tirhanah, (BBE). 1 Chronicles 7 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/servant-wife.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shebna.htm"><span class="l">Shebna (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shebna.htm - 20k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Sheber (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-48.htm">1 Chronicles 2:48</a></span><br />Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore <span class="boldtext">Sheber</span> and Tirhanah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/sheber.htm">Sheber</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/s/sheber--a_son_of_caleb.htm">Sheber: A Son of Caleb</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tirhanah.htm">Tirhanah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tir'hanah.htm">Tir'hanah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/maachah.htm">Maachah (19 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/ma'acah.htm">Ma'acah (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/caleb's.htm">Caleb's (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/corn.htm">Corn (107 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/she-bears.htm">She-bears (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/servant-wife.htm">Servant-wife (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shebna.htm">Shebna (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/concubine.htm">Concubine (21 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/maacah.htm">Maacah (30 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/caleb.htm">Caleb (39 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/she-bears.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="She-bears"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="She-bears" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/naves/s/sheber--a_son_of_caleb.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Sheber: A Son of Caleb"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Sheber: A Son of Caleb" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>