חָבֵר chaver

Hebrew word for “companion” · Strong’s H2270 · used 12 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

adj; 1) united; n m; 2) associate, fellow, worshippers; 3) companion

How it is translated

Glosses given for chaver in context, with how often each is used:

• companions 4
• companion 3
• associates 3
• united 1
• more than companions 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 37 (2), Judges 20 (1), Psalms 45 (1), Psalms 119 (1), Proverbs 28 (1), Ecclesiastes 4 (1), Song of Solomon 1 (1), Song of Solomon 8 (1), Isaiah 1 (1), Isaiah 44 (1)

Forms

• חבריו 4
• חברים 2
• חבר 2
• מחבריך 1
• חברו 1
• חבריך 1
• וחברי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chaver more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָהֵב ahav “to love” 3
• אֶחָד echad “one” 4
• אֶפְרַיִם ephrayim “Ephraim” 2
• יוֹסֵף yoseph “Joseph” 2
• עֵץ ets “tree” 2
• אָדָם adam “man” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 2
• אֲנִי ani “I” 2
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 2

Key verses

The verses using chaver that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Judges 20:11 — So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
• Psalms 45:7 — Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Psalms 119:63 — I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
• Proverbs 28:24 — Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
• Ecclesiastes 4:10 — For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
• Song of Solomon 1:7 — Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the…
• Song of Solomon 8:13 — Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
• Isaiah 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the…
• Isaiah 44:11 — Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they…
• Ezekiel 37:16 — Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write…
• Ezekiel 37:19 — Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.