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Lexicon :: Strong's H74 - 'aḇnēr

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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Box 1Sa 14:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51 - Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:55 - When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:57 - Then, as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25 - Now the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on a seat by the wall. And Jonathan arose,[fn] and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - So David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Now Saul lay within the camp, with the people encamped all around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people lay all around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:14 - And David called out to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Do you not answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered and said, “Who are you, calling out to the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - So David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your lord the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ishbosheth[fn] the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12 - Now Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men now arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - So there was a very fierce battle that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - So Asahel pursued Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:20 - Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Are you Asahel?” He answered, “I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - And Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay hold on one of the young men and take his armor for yourself.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - So Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I face your brother Joab?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - However, he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the blunt end of the spear, so that the spear came out of his back; and he fell down there and died on the spot. So it was that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - Joab and Abishai also pursued Abner. And the sun was going down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah by the road to the Wilderness of Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:25 - Now the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became a unit, and took their stand on top of a hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the latter end? How long will it be then until you tell the people to return from pursuing their brethren?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - Then Abner and his men went on all that night through the plain, crossed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron; and they came to Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - So Joab returned from pursuing Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31 - But the servants of David had struck down, of Benjamin and Abner’s men, three hundred and sixty men who died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:6 - Now it was so, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner was strengthening his hold on the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner became very angry at the words of Ishbosheth, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show loyalty to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9 - “May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David as the LORD has sworn to him—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:11 - And he could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:12 - Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to David, saying, “Whose is the land?” saying also, “Make your covenant with me, and indeed my hand shall be with you to bring all Israel to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - Then her husband went along with her to Bahurim, weeping behind her. So Abner said to him, “Go, return!” And he returned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:17 - Now Abner had communicated with the elders of Israel, saying, “In time past you were seeking for David to be king over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - And Abner also spoke in the hearing of Benjamin. Then Abner also went to speak in the hearing of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and the whole house of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20 - So Abner and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - Then Abner said to David, “I will arise and go, and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:22 - At that moment the servants of David and Joab came from a raid and brought much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab and all the troops that were with him had come, they told Joab, saying, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24 - Then Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you; why is it that you sent him away, and he has already gone?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25 - “Surely you realize that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you, to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - And when Joab had gone from David’s presence, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David did not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - Now when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward, when David heard it, he said, “My kingdom and I are guiltless before the LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” And King David followed the coffin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - So they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - And the king sang a lament over Abner and said:

“Should Abner die as a fool dies?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king’s intent to kill Abner the son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - When Saul’s son[fn] heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost heart, and all Israel was troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - So David commanded his young men, and they executed them, cut off their hands and feet, and hanged them by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.

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