H74 אַבְנֵר (ʼAbnêr) ab-nare'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Abner

Biblical Persons & Places

Abner David's compatriot living at the time of United Monarchy

A warrior from the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.50; only referred to as Abner (אֲבִינֵר); a son of Ner; father of Jaasiel.

Strong's Definition

Abner, an Israelite

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

KJV Usage: Abner.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Abner = "my father is a lamp"

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֲבִינֵר (av.ner) — 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אַבְנֵר (H0074) — אֲבִינֵר

name

Names of People

Abner = man; ◄ son of Ner; tribe of Benjamin; ► army commander of king Saul and his son Ish-Bosheth; father of Jaasiel, officer in charge of his tribe, time of king David

1SA 14:50 · 1SA 14:51 · 1SA 17:55 · 1SA 17:55 · 1SA 17:55 · 1SA 17:57 · 1SA 20:25 · 1SA 26:5 · 1SA 26:7 · 1SA 26:14 · 1SA 26:14 · 1SA 26:14 · 1SA 26:15 · 2SA 2:8 · 2SA 2:12 · 2SA 2:14 · 2SA 2:17 · 2SA 2:19 · 2SA 2:19 · 2SA 2:20 · 2SA 2:21 · 2SA 2:22 · 2SA 2:23 · 2SA 2:24 · 2SA 2:25 · 2SA 2:26 · 2SA 2:29 · 2SA 2:30 · 2SA 2:31 · 2SA 3:6 · 2SA 3:7 · 2SA 3:8 · 2SA 3:9 · 2SA 3:11 · 2SA 3:12 · 2SA 3:16 · 2SA 3:17 · 2SA 3:19 · 2SA 3:19 · 2SA 3:20 · 2SA 3:20 · 2SA 3:21 · 2SA 3:21 · 2SA 3:22 · 2SA 3:23 · 2SA 3:24 · 2SA 3:25 · 2SA 3:26 · 2SA 3:27 · 2SA 3:28 · 2SA 3:30 · 2SA 3:31 · 2SA 3:32 · 2SA 3:32 · 2SA 3:33 · 2SA 3:33 · 2SA 3:37 · 2SA 4:1 · 2SA 4:12 · 1KI 2:5 · 1KI 2:32 · 1CH 26:28 · 1CH 27:21

¹ 1SA 14:50 MT NJPS אֲבִינֵר

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֲבִינֵר n.pr.m. (my father is Nêr, or is a lamp)—cousin of Saul, and captain of host base

Bible Occurrences (53)

14:50 14:51 17:55 17:57 20:25 26:5 26:7 26:14 26:15

2:8 2:12 2:14 2:17 2:19 2:20 2:21 2:22 2:23 2:24 2:25 2:26 2:29 2:30 2:31 3:6 3:7 3:8 3:9 3:11 3:12 3:16 3:17 3:19 3:20 3:21 3:22 3:23 3:24 3:25 3:26 3:27 3:28 3:30 3:31 3:32 3:33 3:37 4:1 4:12

2:5 2:32

26:28 27:21

1 Samuel 14:50

His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

1 Samuel 14:51

Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.

1 Samuel 17:55

As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man?” As surely as you live, O king, Abner replied, I do not know.

1 Samuel 17:57

So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding [his] head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

1 Samuel 20:25

He sat in his usual... place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner -, but David’s place was empty.

1 Samuel 26:5

Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped.... He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down.... Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

1 Samuel 26:7

That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.

1 Samuel 26:14

And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner..., Will you not answer me, Abner? Who [are] you [who] calls to the king? Abner replied.