H74 — אַבְנֵר (ʼAbnêr)

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Strong's H74 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אַבְנֵר (ʼAbnêr)

Pronunciation: ab-nare'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Abner = "my father is a lamp"

Derivation: or (fully) אֲבִינֵר (ʼĂbîynêr) ; from אָב (ʼâb) [H1] and נִיר (nîyr) [H5216]; father of light (i.e. enlightening);

Definition: Abner, an Israelite

KJV Renderings: Abner.

Senses

  1. Saul's cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
H1 אָב ʼâb a primitive word father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
H5216 נִיר nîyr or נִר (nir); also נֵיר (nêyr); or נֵר (nêr); or (feminine) נֵרָה (nêrâh); from a primitive root (see נִיר (nîyr) H5214; נוּר (nûwr) H5135) properly, meaning to glisten a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively) candle, lamp, light

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.