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# אַבְנֵר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H74

**Abner** — used 63 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Abner [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/74/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲבִינֵר: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/74/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my father is Nêr, or is a lamp cf. 2 S 21:17; according to LagBN 75 = אֲבֶן (= בֶּן) + נֵר = son of Ner; cf. 𝔊 Ἀβεννηρ)—so only 1 S 14:50, elsewhere אַבְנֵר—cousin of Saul, and captain of his host 1 S 14:50, 51; 17:55(×3) + 52 times 1 & 2 S + 1 K 2:5, 32 1 Ch 26:28; 27:21.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Abner (53); of Abner (7); O Abner (2).

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 14:51](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.51/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.51/#tree)

וְקִ֧ישׁ אֲבִֽי־שָׁא֛וּל וְנֵ֥ר אֲבִֽי־אַבְנֵ֖ר בֶּן־אֲבִיאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and Kish \[was\].the.father of.Saul and Ner the.father of.Abner \[was\].the.son of.Abiel

*JPS 1917:* And Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

[2 Samuel 2:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.2.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.2.20/#tree)

וַיִּ֤פֶן אַבְנֵר֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔יו וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הַאַתָּ֥ה זֶ֖ה עֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָנֹֽכִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.turned Abner behind him and he.said ? you \[is\].this O.Asahel and he.said I

*JPS 1917:* Then Abner looked behind him, and said: 'Is it thou, Asahel?' And he answered: 'It is I.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/74.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/74/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).