Heber

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhibɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhiːbə/

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿĒḇer). The town in Arizona is named after either Heber C. Kimball or Heber J. Grant, both Mormon leaders.

Heber

1. A male given name from Biblical Hebrew.
2. A census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, in full Heber-Overgaard.

• Heber City
• Heber Springs

Borrowed from Irish Éibhear.

Heber

1. A male given name from Irish.

Occupational from Middle High German heber (“carrier”): see modern German Heber. The settlement in California is named after Anthony H. Heber, president of the California Development Company.

Heber

1. A surname from Middle High German.
2. A census-designated place in Imperial County, California, United States.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heber”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150.

• Berhe, bheer

heben (“to lift, heave”) +‎ -er.

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Heber m (strong, genitive Hebers, plural Heber)

1. agent noun of heben:
   1. lob
   2. jack
   3. chip
   4. lifter

• → Czech: hever

• “Heber”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Heber” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Heber” in Duden online

• Eber

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἔβερ (Éber), from Biblical Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿĒḇer).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛ.bɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ber]

Heber m sg (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Eber (the son of Selah and the father of Joktan and Peleg.)
   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Genesis.10.25:

     Nātīque sunt Heber fīliī duo: nōmen ūnī Phaleg, eō quod in diēbus eius dīvīsa sit terra: et nōmen frātris eius Iectan.

     And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

Indeclinable noun, singular only.