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Lexicon :: Strong's H47 - 'abîr

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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 Box Jdg 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22 - “Then loud beat the horses’ hoofs
with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 - Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD. His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul’s herdsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 - Yet God[fn] prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;
they rise up when they despair of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - In a moment they die;
at midnight the people are shaken and pass away,
and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:12 - Many bulls encompass me;
strong bulls of Bashan surround me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:13 - Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:5 - The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;
they sank into sleep;
all the men of war
were unable to use their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:25 - Man ate of the bread of the angels;
he sent them food in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13 - For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 - Wild oxen shall fall with them,
and young steers with the mighty bulls.
Their land shall drink its fill of blood,
and their soil shall be gorged with fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:12 - “Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,
you who are far from righteousness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 - “The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan;
at the sound of the neighing of their stallions
the whole land quakes.
They come and devour the land and all that fills it,
the city and those who dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:15 - Why are your mighty ones face down?
They do not stand[fn]
because the LORD thrust them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:3 - At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers look not back to their children,
so feeble are their hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 - “Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my heritage,
though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture,
and neigh like stallions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15 - “The Lord rejected
all my mighty men in my midst;
he summoned an assembly against me
to crush my young men;
the Lord has trodden as in a winepress
the virgin daughter of Judah.
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