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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.
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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:50

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51 - And 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 - And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:57

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25 - And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, 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 - And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped round about 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, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:14 - and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, had taken Ish-bosheth 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 - And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth 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 - And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor 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, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, 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 - But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:25 - And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the 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 for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked 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 smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:6 - And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9 - God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah hath sworn to David, I do not even so 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 - And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return: and he returned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:17 - And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past ye sought 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 spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:22 - And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is 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 hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25 - Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, 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 - And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever 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 slew 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 - And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - And 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 lamented for Abner, and said,
Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - And when Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

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