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Lexicon :: Strong's H47 - 'abîr

Aa
אַבִּיר
Transliteration
'abîr
Pronunciation
ab-beer'
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Part of Speech
masculine adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 13d

Strong’s Definitions

אַבִּיר ʼabbîyr, ab-beer'; for H46:—angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H47 in the following manner: bulls (4x), strong (ones) (4x), mighty (3x), stouthearted (2x), valiant (2x), angels (1x), chiefest (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H47 in the following manner: bulls (4x), strong (ones) (4x), mighty (3x), stouthearted (2x), valiant (2x), angels (1x), chiefest (1x).

  1. mighty, valiant

    1. of men

    2. of angels

    3. of animals

    4. (metaph)

      1. of enemies

      2. of princes

      3. of sacrificial objects

    5. obstinate (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַבִּיר ʼabbîyr, ab-beer'; for H46:—angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.
STRONGS H47: Abbreviations
† אַבִּיר adjective mighty, valiant — א׳ Job 34:20 + Isaiah 10:13 Kt (Qr כַּבִּיר); construct id. 1 Samuel 21:8; plural אַכִּירִים Job 24:22 +; — mighty (always = substantive & in poetry except 1 Samuel 21:8).
1. men Job 24:22 (= violent) Job 34:20; 1 Samuel 21:8 (read הָרָצִים א׳ Gr Dr, compare 1 Samuel 22:17; but LagProbebibel אֹבִיל הָעֲיָרִים see Id.BN 45; Klo גִּבּוֺר), Lamentations 1:15; אַבִּירֵי לֵב stout of heart Isaiah 46:12 (= obstinate) Psalm 76:6.
2. angels Psalm 78:25 (compare Psalm 103:20).
3. animals; bull, simile of king of Assyrian Isaiah 10:13 (read כְּאַבִּיר & see Di); elsewhere plural; metaphor for enemies אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן) Psalm 22:13 (|| פּרים); for princes Psalm 68:31; for Edomites Isaiah 34:7; hence even as sacrificial Psalm 50:13 (|| עַתּוּדִים); of horses Jeremiah 8:16; Jeremiah 47:3; Jeremiah 50:11. **Judges 5:22; Jeremiah 46:15 (but Jeremiah 46:15 many MSS. Greek Version of the LXX Aq Symm Theod Vulgate many moderns read אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ thy bull, i.e. Apis).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

5:22

1 Samuel

21:8; 21:8; 21:8; 22:17

Job

24:22; 24:22; 34:20; 34:20

Psalms

22:13; 50:13; 68:31; 76:6; 78:25; 103:20

Isaiah

10:13; 10:13; 34:7; 46:12

Jeremiah

8:16; 46:15; 46:15; 47:3; 50:11

Lamentations

1:15

H47

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H47 matches the Hebrew אַבִּיר ('abîr),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22 - Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 - Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, kept back before the Lord; his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the strongest of Saul's runners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 - But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:12 - A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:13 - Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:5 - Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:25 - Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13 - For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 - And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:12 - Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 - The loud breathing of the horses comes to our ears from Dan: at the sound of the outcry of his war-horses, all the land is shaking with fear; for they have come, and have made a meal of the land and everything in it; the town and the people living in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:15 - Why has Apis, your strong one, gone in flight? he was not able to keep his place, because the Lord was forcing him down with strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:3 - At the noise of the stamping of the feet of his war-horses, at the rushing of his carriages and the thunder of his wheels, fathers will give no thought to their children, because their hands are feeble;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 - Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15 - The Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destruction on my young men: the virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of the Lord.
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