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Lexicon :: Strong's H74 - 'aḇnēr

Aa
אַבְנֵר
Transliteration
'aḇnēr
Pronunciation
ab-nare'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אַבְנֵר ʼAbnêr, ab-nare'; or (fully) אֲבִינֵר ʼĂbîynêr ; from H1 and H5216; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite:—Abner.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x

The KJV translates Strong's H74 in the following manner: Abner (63x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x
The KJV translates Strong's H74 in the following manner: Abner (63x).

  1. Abner = "my father is a lamp"

    1. Saul's cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַבְנֵר ʼAbnêr, ab-nare'; or (fully) אֲבִינֵר ʼĂbîynêr ; from H1 and H5216; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite:—Abner.
STRONGS H74: Abbreviations
אֲבִינֵר proper name, masculine (my father is Nêr, or is a lamp compare 2 Samuel 21:17; accusative to LagBN 75 = אֲבֶן (= בֶּן) + נֵר = son of Ner; compare Greek Version of the LXX Ἀβεννηρ) — so only 1 Samuel 14:50, elsewhere אַבְנֵר — cousin of Saul, and captain of his host 1 Samuel 14:50, 51; 1 Samuel 17:55 (3 times in verse) + 52 times 1 & 2 Samuel; + 1 Kings 2:5, 32; 1 Chronicles 26:28; 1 Chronicles 27:21.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

14:50; 14:50; 14:51; 17:55

2 Samuel

21:17

1 Kings

2:5; 2:32

1 Chronicles

26:28; 27:21

H74

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H74 matches the Hebrew אַבְנֵר ('aḇnēr),
which occurs 63 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (1Sa 14:50–1Ki 2:5)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - And the name H8034 of Saul’s H7586 wife H802 was Ahinoam H293 the daughter H1323 of Ahimaaz H290. And the name H8034 of the commander H8269 of his army H6635 was Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369, Saul’s H7586 uncle H1730.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51 - Kish H7027 was the father H1 of Saul H7586, and Ner H5369 the father H1 of Abner H74 was the son H1121 of Abiel H22.

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Now when Saul H7586 had seen H7200 David H1732 going H3318 out H3318 against H7122 the Philistine H6430, he said H559 to Abner H74 the commander H8269 of the army H6635, “Abner H74, whose H4310 son H1121 is this H2088 young H5288 man H5288?” And Abner H74 said H559, “By your life H5315, O king H4428, I do not know H3045.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:57 - So when David H1732 returned H7725 from killing H5221 the Philistine H6430, Abner H74 took H3947 him and brought H935 him before H6440 Saul H7586 with the Philistine’s H6430 head H7218 in his hand H3027.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25 - Now the king H4428 sat H3427 on his seat H4186 as usual H6471, the seat H4186 by the wall H7023; then Jonathan H3083 stood H6965 up H6965 and Abner H74 sat H3427 down H3427 by Saul’s H7586 side H6654; but David’s H1732 place H4725 was H6485 empty H6485.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - David H1732 then set H6965 out H6965 and came H935 to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 Saul H7586 had camped H2583. And David H1732 saw H7200 the place H4725 where H834 H8033 Saul H7586 lay H7901, and Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369, the commander H8269 of his army H6635; and Saul H7586 was lying H7901 in the circle H4570 of H4570 the H4570 camp H4570, and the people H5971 were camped H2583 around H5439 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David H1732 and Abishai H52 came H935 to the people H5971 by night H3915, and behold H2009, Saul H7586 lay H7901 sleeping H3463 inside the circle H4570 of H4570 the H4570 camp H4570 with his spear H2595 stuck H4600 in the ground H776 at H4763 his head H4763; and Abner H74 and the people H5971 were lying H7901 around H5439 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:14 - And David H1732 called H7121 to the people H5971 and to Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369, saying H559, “Will you not answer H6030, Abner H74?” Then Abner H74 replied H6030, “Who H4310 are you who calls H7121 to the king H4428?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - So David H1732 said H559 to Abner H74, “Are you not a man H376? And who H4310 is like H3644 you in Israel H3478? Why H4100 then have you not guarded H8104 your lord H113 the king H4428? For one H259 of the people H5971 came H935 to [fn]kill H7843 the king H4428 your lord H113!

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But Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369, commander H8269 of Saul’s H7586 army H6635, had taken H3947 [fn]Ish-bosheth H378 the son H1121 of Saul H7586 and brought H5674 him over H5674 to Mahanaim H4266.

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Now Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369, went H3318 from Mahanaim H4266 to Gibeon H1391 with the servants H5650 of Ish-bosheth H378 the son H1121 of Saul H7586.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Then Abner H74 said H559 to Joab H3097, “Now H4994 have the young H5288 men H5288 arise H6965 and hold H7832 a H7832 martial H7832 skills H7832 match H7832 in our presence H6440.” And Joab H3097 said H559, “Have them arise H6965!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - That day H3117 the battle H4421 was very H3966 severe H7186, and Abner H74 and the men H376 of Israel H3478 were defeated H5062 [fn]by the servants H5650 of David H1732.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - Asahel H6214 pursued H7291 H310 Abner H74 and did not turn H5186 [fn]to the right H3225 or to the left H8040 from following H310 Abner H74.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:20 - Then Abner H74 looked H6437 behind H310 himself and said H559, “Is that you, Asahel H6214?” And he said H559, “It is I!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - So Abner H74 said H559 to him, “Turn H5186 aside H5186 for your own good to your right H3225 or H176 to your left H8040, and take H270 hold H270 of one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 for yourself, and take H3947 for yourself his equipment H2488.” But Asahel H6214 was unwilling H3808 H14 to turn H5493 aside H5493 from following H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - Then Abner H74 repeated H3254 H559 again H5750 to Asahel H6214, “Turn H5493 aside H5493 for your own good from following H310 me. Why H4100 should I strike H5221 you to the ground H776? How H349 then could I [fn]show H5375 my face H6440 to your brother H251 Joab H3097?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - However, he refused H3985 to turn H5493 aside H5493; so Abner H74 struck H5221 him in the belly H2570 with the butt H310 end H310 of the spear H2595, so that the spear H2595 came H3318 out H3318 at his back H310. And he fell H5307 there H8033 and died H4191 on the spot H8478. And it happened H1961 that all H3605 who came H935 thereafter to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 Asahel H6214 had fallen H5307 and died H4191, stood H5975 still H5975.

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But Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 pursued H7291 H310 Abner H74, and when the sun H8121 was going H935 down, they came H935 to the hill H1389 of Ammah H522, which H834 is opposite H6440 Giah H1520 by way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Gibeon H1391.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:25 - And the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 gathered H6908 together behind H310 Abner H74 and became H1961 one H259 troop H92, and they stood H5975 on the top H7218 of a hill H1389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner H74 called H7121 to Joab H3097 and said H559, “Should the sword H2719 devour H398 forever H5331? Do you not realize H3045 that it will be bitter H4751 in the end H314? So how H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you [fn]refrain H3808 from telling H559 the people H5971 to turn H7725 back H7725 from pursuing H310 their kinsmen H251?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - Abner H74 and his men H376 then went H1980 through the Arabah H6160 all H3605 that night H3915; so they crossed H5674 the Jordan H3383, walked H1980 all H3605 morning H1338, and came H935 to Mahanaim H4266.

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Then Joab H3097 returned H7725 from pursuing H310 Abner H74; but he gathered H6908 all H3605 the people H5971 together, and [fn]nineteen H8672 H6240 of David’s H1732 servants H5650 were H6485 missing H6485, besides Asahel H6214.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31 - However, the servants H5650 of David H1732 had struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 many of Benjamin H1144 and Abner’s H74 men H376; 360 H7969 H3967 H8346 men H376 were dead H4191.

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Now it happened H1961 that while there was war H4421 between H996 the house H1004 of Saul H7586 and the house H1004 of David H1732, Abner H74 was [fn]strengthening H2388 himself in the house H1004 of Saul H7586.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - And Saul H7586 had a concubine H6370 whose name H8034 was Rizpah H7532, the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345; and [fn]Ish-bosheth said H559 to Abner H74, “Why H4069 have you gone H935 in H935 to my father’s H1 concubine H6370?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner H74 became H2734 very H3966 angry H2734 over H5921 Ish-bosheth’s H378 [fn]question H1697 and said H559, “Am I a dog’s H3611 head H7218 that belongs to Judah H3063? Today H3117 I show H6213 kindness H2617 to the house H1004 of Saul H7586 your father H1, to his brothers H251 and to his friends H4828, and have not let H4672 you fall H4672 into the hands H3027 of David H1732; yet today H3117 you call H6485 me to H6485 account H6485 for wrongdoing H5771 with [fn]that woman H802?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9 - “May God H430 do H6213 so H3541 to [fn]me H74, and more H3254 so H3541, if H3588 as the LORD H3068 has sworn H7650 to David H1732, I do not accomplish H6213 this H3651 for him:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:11 - And Ish-bosheth could H3201 no H3808 longer H5750 say H7725 a word H1697 in H7725 response H7725 to Abner H74, because H4480 he was H3372 afraid H3372 of him.

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Then Abner H74 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to David H1732 at his place H8478, saying H559, “Whose H4310 is the land H776? Make H3772 your covenant H1285 with me, and behold H2009, my hand H3027 shall be with you to bring H5437 all H3605 Israel H3478 over H5437 to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - And her husband H376 went H1980 with her, weeping H1058 as he went H1980, [fn]following H310 her as far H5704 as Bahurim H980. Then Abner H74 said H559 to him, “Go H1980, return H7725.” So he returned H7725.

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Now Abner H74 had H1961 a [fn]consultation H1697 with the elders H2205 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “In times H1571 H8032 H8543 past H8543 H8032 you were seeking H1245 for David H1732 to be king H4428 over H5921 you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner H74 also H1571 spoke H1696 [fn]to Benjamin H1144; and in H1571 addition H1571 Abner H74 went H1980 to speak H1696 [fn]to David H1732 in Hebron H2275 everything H3605 that seemed H5869 good H2895 to Israel H3478 and to the entire H3605 house H1004 of Benjamin H1144.

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Then Abner H74 and twenty H6242 men H376 with him came H935 to David H1732 at Hebron H2275. And David H1732 held H6213 a feast H4960 for Abner H74 and the men H376 who H834 were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - Abner H74 said H559 to David H1732, “Let me set H6965 out H6965 and go H1980 and gather H6908 all H3605 Israel H3478 to my lord H113 the king H4428, so that they may make H3772 a covenant H1285 with you, and that you may be H4427 king H4427 over all H3605 that your soul H5315 desires H183.” So David H1732 let H7971 Abner H74 go H7971, and he went H1980 in peace H7965.

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And behold H2009, the servants H5650 of David H1732 and Joab H3097 came H935 from a raid H1416 and brought H935 a large H7227 amount H7227 of plunder H7998 with them; but Abner H74 was not with David H1732 in Hebron H2275, since H3588 he had let H7971 him go H7971, and he had gone H1980 in peace H7965.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab H3097 and all H3605 the army H6635 that was with him arrived H935, they informed H5046 Joab H3097, saying H559, “Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369 came H935 to the king H4428, and he has let H7971 him go H7971 on his way, and he has gone H1980 in peace H7965.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24 - Then Joab H3097 came H935 to the king H4428 and said H559, “What H4100 have you done H6213? Behold H2009, Abner H74 came H935 to you; why H4100 then H2088 have you let H7971 him go H7971, so that he is already H1980 gone H1980?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25 - “You know H3045 Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369, that he came H935 to gain H6601 your confidence H6601, and to learn H3045 of your [fn]going H4161 out and coming H4126 in H4126 and to find H3045 out H3045 everything H3605 that you are doing H6213.”

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When Joab H3097 left H3318 David’s H1732 presence H5973, he sent H7971 messengers H4397 after H310 Abner H74, and they brought H7725 him back H7725 from the well H953 of Sirah H5626; but David H1732 did not know H3045 about it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - So when Abner H74 returned H7725 to Hebron H2275, Joab H3097 took H5186 him aside H5186 into the middle H8432 of the gate H8179 to speak H1696 with him privately H7987, and there H8033 he struck H5221 him in the belly H2570, so that he died H4191 on account of the blood H1818 of his brother H251 Asahel H6214.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward H310, when David H1732 heard H8085 about this, he said H559, “I and my kingdom H4467 are innocent H5355 before H4480 H5973 the LORD H3068 forever H5704 H5769 of the blood H1818 of Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab H3097 and his brother H251 Abishai H52 killed H2026 Abner H74 because H5921 H834 he had put H4191 their brother H251 Asahel H6214 to H4191 death H4191 in the battle H4421 at Gibeon H1391.

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Then David H1732 said H559 to Joab H3097 and to all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, “Tear H7167 your clothes H899 and put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242, and mourn H5594 before H6440 Abner H74.” And King H4428 David H1732 walked H1980 behind H310 the bier H4296.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - And they buried H6912 Abner H74 in Hebron H2275; and the king H4428 raised H5375 his voice H6963 and wept H1058 at the grave H6913 of Abner H74, and all H3605 the people H5971 wept H1058.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - And the king H4428 sang H6969 a H6969 song H6969 of H6969 mourning H6969 for Abner H74 and said H559,

“Should Abner H74 die H4191 as a fool H5036 dies H4194?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So all H3605 the people H5971 and all H3605 Israel H3478 understood H3045 on that day H3117 that it had not been H1961 the desire of the king H4428 to put H4191 Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369 to H4191 death H4191.

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Now when [fn]Ish-bosheth, Saul’s H7586 son H1121, heard H8085 that Abner H74 had died H4191 in Hebron H2275, [fn]his courage H3027 failed H7503, and all H3605 Israel H3478 was horrified H926.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - Then David H1732 commanded H6680 the young H5288 men H5288, and they killed H2026 them and cut H7112 off H7112 their hands H3027 and feet H7272, and hung H8518 them up H8518 beside H5921 the pool H1295 in Hebron H2275. But they took H3947 the head H7218 of Ish-bosheth H378 and buried H6912 it in the grave H6913 of Abner H74 in Hebron H2275.

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“Now you yourself H859 also H1571 know H3045 what H834 Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 did H6213 to me, what H834 he did H6213 to the two H8147 commanders H8269 of the armies H6635 of Israel H3478, to Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369 and to Amasa H6021 the son H1121 of Jether H3500, whom he killed H2026; he also [fn]shed H7760 the blood H1818 of war H4421 in peace H7965. And he put H5414 the blood H1818 of war H4421 on his belt H2290 that was on his waist H4975, and on his sandals H5275 that were on his feet H7272.


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