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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, valiantא׳ 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22 -

The horses’ hooves then hammered —

the galloping, galloping of his[fn] stallions.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 -

One of Saul’s servants, detained before the LORD, was there that day. His name was Doeg the Edomite, chief of Saul’s shepherds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 -

Yet God drags away[fn] the mighty by his power;

when he rises up, they have no assurance of life.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 -

They die suddenly in the middle of the night;

people shudder, then pass away.

Even the mighty are removed without effort.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:12 -

Many bulls surround me;

strong ones of Bashan encircle me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:13 -

“Do I eat the flesh of bulls

or drink the blood of goats?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 -

Rebuke the beast in the reeds,

the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.

Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.[fn]

Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:5 -

The brave-hearted have been plundered;

they have slipped into their final sleep.

None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:25 -

People[fn] ate the bread of angels.[fn]

He sent them an abundant supply of food.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13 -

For he said:

I have done this by my own strength

and wisdom, for I am clever.

I abolished the borders of nations

and plundered their treasures;

like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 -

The wild oxen will be struck[fn] down with them,

and young bulls with the mighty bulls.

Their land will be soaked with[fn] blood,

and their soil will be saturated with fat.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:12 -

“Listen to me, you hardhearted,

far removed from justice:

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 -

From Dan, the snorting of horses is heard.

At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds,

the whole land quakes.

They come to devour the land and everything in it,

the city and all its residents.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:15 -

Why have your strong ones been swept away?

Each has not stood,

for the LORD has thrust him down.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:3 -

At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions,

the rumbling of his chariots,

and the clatter of their wheels,

fathers will not turn back for their sons.

They will be utterly helpless[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 -

Because you rejoice,

because you celebrate —

you who plundered my inheritance —

because you frolic like a young cow treading grain

and neigh like stallions,

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15 -

The Lord has rejected

all the mighty men within me.

He has summoned an army[fn] against me

to crush my young warriors.

The Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah

like grapes in a winepress.

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