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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

ben-ge'-ber (ben-gebher, "son of Geber"; the King James Version son of Geber; the word is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to be strong." Compare HPN, 66, 69): One of the twelve commissariat officers in the service of Solomon (1Ki 4:13).