H2270 חָבֵר (châbêr) khaw-bare'

Hebrew

Quick Definition

companion

Strong's Definition

an associate

Derivation: from H2266 (חָבַר);

KJV Usage: companion, fellow, knit together.

TWOT Reference: 598c

Outline of Biblical Usage

adj

1) united

n m

2) associate, fellow, worshippers

3) companion

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2064 G2083 G2844 G3353 G4369

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָבֵר (cha.ver) — companion. adj 1) united n m 2) associate, fellow, worshippers 3) companion

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חָבֵר (H2270)

noun m · חבר

Friends

fellow, friend, partner = person that belongs to a group or class of people

JDG 20:11 · PSA 45:8 · PSA 119:63 · PRO 28:24 · ECC 4:10 · SNG 1:7 · SNG 8:13 · ISA 1:23 · ISA 44:11 · EZK 37:16 · EZK 37:16 · EZK 37:19

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָבֵר adj. and n.m. united, associate, companion adj. united

n. associate, fellow

companion at a particular time

base

Bible Occurrences (9)

20:11

45:7 119:63

28:24

4:10

1:23 44:11

37:16 37:19

Judges 20:11

So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.

Proverbs 28:24

He who robs his father or mother, saying, It is not wrong, is a companion... to the man who destroys.

Ecclesiastes 4:10

For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Isaiah 44:11

Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.

Ezekiel 37:16

And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites... associated with him. Then take another stick and write on it: Belonging to Joseph— the stick of Ephraim— and to all the house of Israel associated with him.

Ezekiel 37:19

you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD... says: I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.