אַבְנֵר
ʼAbnêr · ab-nare'
Abner, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: or (fully) אֲבִינֵר ; from H1 (אָב) and H5216 (נִיר); father of light (i.e. enlightening);
Abner, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Abner.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the seed, life continuing of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַבְנֵר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
63 occurrences · 63 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- abner19 · 30%
- and abner15 · 24%
- of abner5 · 8%
- then abner3 · 5%
- to abner3 · 5%
- unto abner2 · 3%
- but abner2 · 3%
- that abner2 · 3%
- was abner1 · 2%
- and to abner1 · 2%
- thou not, abner1 · 2%
- wherefore abner1 · 2%
- and of abner's1 · 2%
- then was abner1 · 2%
- so abner1 · 2%
- with them: but abner1 · 2%
- behold, abner1 · 2%
- and when abner1 · 2%
- over abner1 · 2%
- thereof, to wit, abner1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.