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2 Samuel 2:8
“But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אַבְנֵרʼAbnêr · ab-nare'
H74 · Hebrew
H74 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Abner, an Israelite
- Derivation
- or (fully) אֲבִינֵר ; from H1 (אָב) and H5216 (נִיר); father of light (i.e. enlightening);
- KJV renderings
- Abner.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- אַבְנֵ֣ר — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 63 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 14:501 Samuel 14:511 Samuel 17:551 Samuel 17:551 Samuel 17:55
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַבְנֵר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.