chever · spell, company

What it means

chever (חֶבֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “spell, company”.

Spell: a formula meant to bind or control; also a company, a group.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Magic words meant to bind.
2. A band of people joined together, or a house shared with others.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• spells ×4
• shared ×2
• company ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×1
• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×2
• Isaiah×2
• Hosea×1

• Deuteronomy 18:11

  or a charmer casting spells, or one who consults those who call up the dead, or a spiritist, or one who seeks the dead.

• Psalms 58:5

  that does not listen to the voice of charmers, of one who binds spells skillfully.

• Proverbs 21:9

  Better to live on a corner of the roof than with a woman of quarrels in a shared house.

• Proverbs 25:24

  Better to live on a corner of the roof than with a woman of quarrels in a shared house.

• Isaiah 47:9

  And these two things will come to you in a moment, in one day: loss of children and widowhood; in their fullness they will come upon you, in spite of the great number of your sorceries, in spite of the great power of your spells.

• Isaiah 47:12

  Stand now with your spells and with the great number of your sorceries, in which you have worn yourself out from your youth; perhaps you will be able to profit, perhaps you will cause terror.

• Hosea 6:9

  And as bands of raiders lie in wait for a man, so is the company of priests; on the road they murder toward Shechem, for they commit infamy.