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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 thundered the horses’ hooves— galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 - Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD; he was Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s chief shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 - But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - They die in an instant, in the middle of the night; the people are shaken and they pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:12 - Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle 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 beast among the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations. Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:5 - The valiant lie plundered, they sleep their last sleep; not one of the warriors can lift his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:25 - Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.

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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 this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued[fn] their kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 - And the wild oxen will fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and the dust will be soaked with fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:12 - Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are now far from my righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 - The snorting of the enemy’s horses is heard from Dan; at the neighing of their stallions the whole land trembles. They have come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who live there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:15 - Why will your warriors be laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD will push them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:3 - at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds, at the noise of enemy chariots and the rumble of their wheels. Parents will not turn to help their children; their hands will hang limp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:11 - “Because you rejoice and are glad, you who pillage my inheritance, because you frolic like a heifer threshing grain and neigh like stallions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15 - “The Lord has rejected all the warriors in my midst; he has summoned an army against me to[fn] crush my young men. In his winepress the Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah.
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