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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.
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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)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - and the name of Saul's wife was Ahin'o-am the daughter of Ahim'a-az. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51 - Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abi'el.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:55 - When Saul saw David go forth 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 cannot tell."
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:57 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25 - The king sat upon his seat, as at other times, upon the seat by the wall; Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - Then David rose and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army; Saul was lying within the encampment, while the army was encamped around him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abi'shai went to the army by night; and there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the army lay around him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:14 - and David called to the army, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Will you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner answered, "Who are you that calls to the king?"
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - And David said to Abner, "Are you not a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - Now Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-bo'sheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahana'im;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12 - Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bo'sheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahana'im to Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - And Abner said to Jo'ab, "Let the young men arise and play before us." And Jo'ab said, "Let them arise."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - And the battle was very fierce that day; and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - and As'ahel pursued Abner, and as he went he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:20 - Then Abner looked behind him and said, "Is it you, As'ahel?" And he answered, "It is I."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and seize one of the young men, and take his spoil." But As'ahel would not turn aside from following him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - And Abner said again to As'ahel, "Turn aside from following me; why should I smite you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Jo'ab?"
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But he refused to turn aside; therefore Abner smote him in the belly with the butt of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back; and he fell there, and died where he was. And all who came to the place where As'ahel had fallen and died, stood still.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - But Jo'ab and Abi'shai pursued Abner; and as the sun was going down they came to the hill of Ammah, which lies before Gi'ah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:25 - And the Benjaminites gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one band, and took their stand on the top of a hill.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Jo'ab, "Shall the sword devour for ever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you bid your people turn from the pursuit of their brethren?"
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; they crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole forenoon they came to Mahana'im.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - Jo'ab returned from the pursuit of Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing of David's servants nineteen men besides As'ahel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31 - But the servants of David had slain of Benjamin three hundred and sixty of Abner's men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:6 - While there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Ai'ah; and Ish-bo'sheth said to Abner, "Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?"
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bo'sheth, and said, "Am I a dog's head of Judah? This day I keep showing loyalty to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9 - God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not accomplish for David what the LORD has sworn to him,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:11 - And Ish-bo'sheth could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:12 - And Abner sent messengers to David at Hebron, saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - But her husband went with her, weeping after her all the way to Bahu'rim. Then Abner said to him, "Go, return"; and he returned.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:17 - And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, "For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke to Benjamin; and then Abner went to tell David at Hebron all that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin thought good to do.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20 - When Abner came with twenty men to David at Hebron, David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - And Abner said to David, "I will arise and go, and will 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:22 - Just then the servants of David arrived with Jo'ab from a raid, bringing much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David at Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Jo'ab and all the army that was with him came, it was told Jo'ab, "Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has let him go, and he has gone in peace."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24 - Then Jo'ab went to the king and said, "What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, so that he is gone?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25 - You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing."
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - When Jo'ab came out from David's presence, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah; but David did not know about it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - And when Abner returned to Hebron, Jo'ab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he smote him in the belly, so that he died, for the blood of As'ahel his brother.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, "I and my kingdom are for ever guiltless before the LORD for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Jo'ab and Abi'shai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother As'ahel in the battle at Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David said to Jo'ab and to all the people who were with him, "Rend your clothes, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - They buried Abner at Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - And the king lamented for Abner, saying, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king's will to slay Abner the son of Ner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - When Ish-bo'sheth, Saul's son, heard that Abner had died at Hebron, his courage failed, and all Israel was dismayed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and feet, and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bo'sheth, and buried it in the tomb of Abner at Hebron.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - "Moreover you know also what Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Ama'sa the son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood which had been shed in war, and putting innocent blood upon the girdle about my loins, and upon the sandals on my feet.

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