H0074

אֲבִינֵר

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Abner

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.50; son of: Ner (H5369); father of: Jaasiel (H3300H) § Abner = "my father is a lamp" Saul's cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אֲבִינֵר proper name, masculine (my father is Nêr, or is a lamp compare 2Sam 21:17 accusative to LagBN 75 = אֲבֶן (= בֶּן) + נֵר = son of Ner; compare ᵐ5 Ἀβεννηρ) — so only 1Sam 14:50, elsewhere אַבְנֵר — cousin of Saul, and captain of his host 1Sam 14:50; 1Sam 14:51; 1Sam 17:55 (3 t. in verse) + 52 t. 1 & 2 Samuel; + 1Kgs 2:5; 1Kgs 2:32; 1Chr 26:28; 1Chr 27:21.


52 occurrences

I Samuel (9), II Samuel (40), I Kings (2), I Chronicles (1)