Hepher [Hē'phûr]—a digging or a well.

1. The youngest son of Gilead and founder of the tribe of Hepherites. This Hepher was the father of Zelophedad whose daughters secured rights to their father’s property (Num. 26:32; 27:1; Josh. 17:2, 3)
2. The second son of Narah, one of Asher’s two wives (1 Chron. 4:6).
3. A Mecherathite, one of the thirty heroes of David (1 Chron. 11:36). (See Josh. 12:17; 1 Kings 4:10 for “the land of Hepher.”)