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Lexicon :: Strong's H5369 - nēr

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נֵר
Transliteration
nēr
Pronunciation
nare
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as נִיר (H5216)
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TWOT Reference: 1333a

Strong’s Definitions

נֵר Nêr, nare; the same as H5216; lamp; Ner, an Israelite:—Ner.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H5369 in the following manner: Ner (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H5369 in the following manner: Ner (16x).

  1. Ner = "lamp"

    1. son of Jehiel, father of Kish, and grandfather of king Saul

    2. father of Abner, the uncle of Saul

      1. perhaps the same as 1

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֵר Nêr, nare; the same as H5216; lamp; Ner, an Israelite:—Ner.
STRONGS H5369: Abbreviations
† נֵר proper name, masculine Greek Version of the LXX Νηρ
1. father of Abner 1 Samuel 14:50; 1 Samuel 14:51; 1 Samuel 26:5; 1 Samuel 26:14; 2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 2:12; 2 Samuel 3:23; 2 Samuel 3:25; 2 Samuel 3:28; 2 Samuel 3:37; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Kings 2:32; 1 Chronicles 26:28.
2. father of Kish 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:36, 39.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

14:50; 14:51; 26:5; 26:14

2 Samuel

2:8; 2:12; 3:23; 3:25; 3:28; 3:37

1 Kings

2:5; 2:32

1 Chronicles

8:33; 9:36; 9:39; 26:28

H5369

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Strong's Number H5369 matches the Hebrew נֵר (nēr),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:50

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51 - Saul’s father, Kish, and Abner’s father, Ner, were both sons of Abiel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - David slipped over to Saul’s camp one night to look around. Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were sleeping inside a ring formed by the slumbering warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:14 - Then he shouted down to the soldiers and to Abner son of Ner, “Wake up, Abner!”
“Who is it?” Abner demanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had already gone to Mahanaim with Saul’s son Ishbosheth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12 - One day Abner led Ishbosheth’s troops from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab arrived, he was told that Abner had just been there visiting the king and had been sent away in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25 - You know perfectly well that he came to spy on you and find out everything you’re doing!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - When David heard about it, he declared, “I vow by the LORD that I and my kingdom are forever innocent of this crime against Abner son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So everyone in Judah and all Israel understood that David was not responsible for Abner’s murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “And there is something else. You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me when he murdered my two army commanders, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He pretended that it was an act of war, but it was done in a time of peace,[fn] staining his belt and sandals with innocent blood.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - The LORD will repay him[fn] for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father knew nothing about the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and of Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:33 - Ner was the father of Kish.
Kish was the father of Saul.
Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malkishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36 - and his oldest son was named Abdon. Jeiel’s other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:39 - Ner was the father of Kish.
Kish was the father of Saul.
Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malkishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:28 - Shelomoth[fn] and his relatives also cared for the gifts dedicated to the LORD by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah. All the other dedicated gifts were in their care, too.
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