Epher (Hastings' Dictionary)

The name of the second of the sons of Midian nientioiiod in Gn 25', 1 Ch 1", and recorded as one of the descendants of Abraham by his wife Keturah (Gn 25'). For pre- carious attempts to identify this Epher with 'Ofr in Arabia (Wetzstein), with Appiir-u men tioned in Assurbanipal's Inscriptions ((ihiser), see the references in Dillmann. 2. The name of one of the sons of Ezrali, a branch of the family of Judah (1 Ch 4"). 3.

The first of a gro;ip of live heads of fathers' houses belonging to the half tribe of Manasseh, who dwelt in the land between Hashan and Mt. Hermon (1 Ch 5"). H. E. Rvle.