A well or stream. (1.) A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (12:17).
(2.) The youngest son of Gilead (Num. 26:32; 27:1).
(3.) The second son of Asher (1 Chr. 4:6).
(4.) One of David’s heroes (1 Chr. 11:36).
Hepher
Hepher appears in a few places, and the best-known link is a family story. A man named Zelophehad, son of Hepher, died with no sons, only five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. Their request to receive his land is told in Numbers 27, where they are named again as descendants of Manasseh. Elsewhere Hepher is also a place: Joshua lists “the king of Hepher” among the conquered kings, and Solomon’s officer governed “all the land of Hepher.” The name belongs to a clan and to a town, so the verses are best read one at a time, starting with Numbers 26 and 27.
5 verses
Numbers
Numbers 26:32
And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
Numbers 26:33
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers 27:1
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
Joshua
Joshua 12:17
The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
1 Kings
1 Kings 4:10
The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
Hepher
a place in ancient Canaan which occurs in the lists of conquered kings. (Joshua 12:17) It was on the west of Jordan. Comp. (Joshua 12:7) and 1Kin 4:10
Hepher
(a well).
(1.) The youngest of the sons of Gilead, (Numbers 26:32) and head of the family of the Hepherites. (B.C. before 1450.)
(2.) Son of Ashur, the "father of Tekoa." (1 Chronicles 4:6) (B.C. about 1445.)
(3.) The Mecherathite, one of the heroes of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:36) (B.C. 1046.)