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Eber (עבר, Standard Hebrew ʿÉver, Tiberian Hebrew ʿEḇer) is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. He was a great-grandson of Noah's son Shem and the father of Peleg and Joktan. He was an ancestor of Abraham and hence of the Israelites.
In practice, the name "Eber" is most often associated as the root of the word " Hebrew", but others also associate the name with region beyond or across, opposite side, passage, or simply beyond.
In some translations of the New Testament, he is referred to once as Heber ([Luke 3:35] ...the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah...); however, he should not be confused with the Heber of the Old Testament (different Hebrew spelling חבר), grandson of Asher ([Genesis 46:17] The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.).
According to traditions, Eber died at the age of 464 when Jacob was 20. The Hebrew Calendar synchronises this date with 1817BC. Shi'ites believe his town was Hassuna in Iraq.
There is a legend that the Avars were descendants of Eber through children of Abraham and his third wife Keturah.
The Quran discusses a prophet named HudFor other meanings of Hud, see this article Hud is a prophet in the Quran. He is known in the Bible as Heber. According to Islamic traditions, Hud was born five generations after Nuh as was Eber but only according to the Septaguint. In that time, his peop whose descendants are referred to as Eldhyn Hudwe (those of Hud). He may be the same person as Eber.
In the King James VersionThe King James Version (KJV is an English translation of the Holy Bible, commissioned for the benefit of the Church of England at the behest of King James I of England. First published in 1611, it has had a profound impact on not only most English transla (KJV) of the Old TestamentThe Old Testament or the Hebrew Scriptures constitutes the first major part of the Christian Bible, usually divided into the categories law, history, poetry (or wisdom books) and prophecy. All of those books were written before the birth of Jesus. Canon o, the name "Eber" is used, while in the KJV New Testament, "Heber" is used instead, each referring to the same person. And in both KJV books, the word "Hebrew" refers to the descendants of this person. The reason for this is rooted in etymologyEtymology is the study of the origins of words. Some words have been derived from other languages, possibly in a changed form (the source words are called etymons . Through old texts and comparisons with other languages, etymologists try to reconstruct th, and in the different origins of the Old and New Testaments.
The origin of the names for Eber and the Hebrews, as used in European Christian languages, derived from Judæo- Aramaic עבר ʿEḇer and עברי ʿIḇrāy, as spoken in the Roman province of Judæa and by those Jews who escaped the province's destruction. When Greek-writing Christian scholars compiled the Septuagint, the adaptations chosen for these names (for whatever reason) were Εβερ Heber and Εβραιος Hebraios. These names were adapted through Latin and French before reaching English as "Heber" and "Hebrew", and these names were used in the KJV New Testament.
However, the KJV Old Testament was largely not translated from the Greek and Latin sources, but was instead translated from existing Hebrew texts accessible to scholars at the time, employing a uniquely Anglo-Saxon method of adaptating Hebrew words and names. As such, in the Old Testament, "Eber" was used without the H, likely reflecting the common Hebrew dialects used among the Jews of Europe. However, the KJV translators chose to use the New Testament name "Hebrew" (instead of "Ibrite" or " Eberite") as the canonical term for the descendants of Eber in the Old Testament as well, likely to avoid confusing lay readers.
As the King James Version of the Bible became the primary Christian scripture of Anglo-Saxon-speaking Britain, the association of "Eber" with "Hebrew" in the English-speaking religious world became a permanent phenomenon.
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