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Epher

Name meaning: dust; lead (Hitchcock)

A calf. (1.) One of the sons of Midian, who was Abraham’s son by Keturah (Gen. 25:4).

(2.) The head of one of the families of trans-Jordanic Manasseh who were carried captive by Tiglath-pileser (1 Chr. 5:24).

Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain

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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

A son of Ezra, among the descendants of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:17)

One of the heads of the families of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1 Chronicles 5:24)

(a calf), the second, in order, of the sons of Midian. (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33) (B.C. 1820).

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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