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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Box1Sa 14:50 - And the name of his wife was Achinoom, the daughter of Achimaa: and the name of his captain of the host was Abenner, the son of Ner, son of a kinsman of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51 - And Kis was the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abenner, was son of Jamin, son of Abiel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:25 - And he sat upon his seat as [fn]in former times, even on his seat by the wall, and he went before Jonathan; and Abenner sat on one side of Saul, and the place of David was empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - And David arose secretly, and goes into the place where Saul was sleeping, and there was Abenner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul was sleeping in a chariot, and the people had encamped round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abessa go in among the people by night: and behold, Saul was fast asleep in the chariot, and his spear was stuck in the ground near his head, and Abenner and his people slept round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:14 - And David called to the people, and spoke to Abenner, saying, Wilt thou not answer, Abenner? and Abenner answered and said, Who art thou that callest?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - And David said to Abenner, Art not thou a man? and who is like thee in Israel? Why then dost thou not guard thy lord the king? for one out of the people went in to destroy thy lord the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - But Abenner, the son of Ner, the commander-in-chief of Saul's army, took Jebosthe son of Saul, and brought him up from the camp to Manaem

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12 - And Abenner the son of Ner went forth, and the servants of Jebosthe the son of Saul, from Manaem to Gabaon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - And Abenner said to Joab, Let now the young men arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - And the battle was very severe on that day; and Abenner and the men of Israel were worsted before the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - And Asael followed after Abenner, and turned not to go to the right hand or to the left from following Abenner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:20 - And Abenner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asael himself? and he said, I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - And Abenner said to him, Turn thou to the right hand or to the left, and lay hold for thyself on one of the young men, and take to thyself his armour: but Asael would not turn back from following him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - And Abenner said yet again to Asael, Stand aloof from me, lest I smite thee to the ground? and how should I lift up my face to Joab?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - And what does this mean? return to Joab thy brother. But he would not stand aloof; and Abenner smites him with the hinder end of the spear on the loins, and the spear went out behind him, and he falls there and dies [fn]on the spot: and it came to pass that every one that came to the place where Asael fell and died, stood still.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - And Joab and Abessa pursued after Abenner, and the sun went down: and they went as far as the hill of Amman, which is in the front of Gai, by the [fn]desert way of Gabaon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:25 - And the children of Benjamin who followed Abenner gather themselves together, and they formed themselves into one body, and stood on the top of a hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - And Abenner called Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour perpetually? knowest thou not that it will be bitter at last? How long then wilt thou refuse to tell the people to turn from following our brethren?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - And Abenner and his men departed at evening, and went all that night, and crossed over Jordan, and went along the whole adjacent country, and they come to the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - And Joab returned from following Abenner, and he assembled all the people, and there were missing of the people of David, nineteen men, and Asael.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31 - And the servants of David smote of the children of Benjamin, of the men of Abenner, three hundred and sixty men belonging to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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 Abenner was governing the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - And Saul had a concubine, Respha, the daughter of Jol; and Jebosthe the son of Saul said to Abenner, Why hast thou gone in to my father's concubine?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - And Abenner was very angry with Jebosthe for this saying; and Abenner said to him, Am I a dog's head? I have this day wrought kindness with the house of Saul thy father, and with his brethren and friends, and have not gone over to the house of David, and dost thou this day seek a charge against me concerning injury to a woman?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9 - God do thus and more also to Abenner, if as the Lord swore to David, so do I not to him this day;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:11 - And Jebosthe could not any longer answer Abenner a word, because he feared him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:12 - And Abenner sent messengers to David to Thælam where he was, immediately, saying, Make thy covenant with me, and, behold, my hand is with thee to bring back to thee all the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - And her husband went with her weeping behind her as far as Barakim. And Abenner said to him, Go, return; and he returned.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:17 - And Abenner spoke to the elders of Israel, saying, In former days ye sought David to reign over you;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - And Abenner spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abenner went to speak in the ears of David at Chebron, all that seemed good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of the house of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20 - And Abenner came to David to Chebron, and with him twenty men: and David made for Abenner and his men with him a banquet of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - And Abenner said to David, I will arise now, and go, and gather to my lord the king all Israel; and I will make with him a covenant, and thou shalt reign over all whom thy soul desires. And David sent away Abenner, and he departed in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:22 - And, behold, the servants of David and Joab arrived from their expedition, and they brought much spoil with them: and Abenner was not with David in Chebron, because he had sent him away, and he had departed in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - And Joab and all his army came, and it was reported to Joab, saying, Abenner the son of Ner is come to David, and David has let him go, and he has departed in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24 - And Joab went in to the king, and said, What is this that thou hast done? behold, Abenner came to thee; and why hast thou let him go, and he has departed in peace?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25 - Knowest thou not the mischief of Abenner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all things that thou doest?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - And Joab returned from David, and sent messengers to Abenner after him; and they bring him back from the well of Seïram: but David knew it not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - And he brought back Abenner to Chebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him: and he smote him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asael the brother of Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:28 - And David heard of it afterwards, and said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord even for ever of the blood of Abenner the son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - For Joab and Abessa his brother laid wait continually for Abenner, because he slew Asael their brother at Gabaon in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament before Abenner. And king David followed the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - And they bury Abenner in Chebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at his tomb, and all the people wept for Abenner.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:33 - And the king mourned over Abenner, and said, Shall Abenner die according to the death of Nabal?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - And Jebosthe the son of Saul heard that Abenner the son of Ner had died in Chebron; and his hands were paralysed, and all the men of Israel grew faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - And David commanded his young men, and they slay them, and cut off their hands and their feet; and they hung them up at the fountain in Chebron: and they buried the head of Jebosthe in the tomb of Abenner the son of Ner.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - Moreover thou knowest all that Joab the son of Saruia did to me, what he did to the two captains of the forces of Israel, to Abenner the son of Ner, and to Amessai the son of Jether, that he slew them, and [fn]shed the blood of war in peace, and put innocent blood on his girdle that was about his loins, and on his sandal that was on his foot.

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