King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H47
Transliteration: abbir
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-beer')
Part of Speech: Adjective Masculine
Short Definition: mighty, valiant
Meaning: mighty, valiant
Word Summary
abbir: mighty, valiant
Original Word: אַבִּירTransliteration: abbir
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-beer')
Part of Speech: Adjective Masculine
Short Definition: mighty, valiant
Meaning: mighty, valiant
Strong's Concordance
angel, bull, chiefest, mighty one, stouthearted, strong one, valiant For 'abiyr; --angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.
see HEBREW 'abiyr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H47. abbir
אַבִּיר adjective mighty, valiant — ׳א Job 34:20 + Isaiah 10:13 Kt (Qr כַּבִּיר); construct id. 1 Samuel 21:8; plural אַכִּירִים Job 24:22 +; — mighty (always = substantive & in poetry except 1 Samuel 21:8).
1 men Job 24:22 (= violent) 34:20; 1 Samuel 21:8 (read ׳א הָרָצִים Gr Dr, compare 22:17; but LagProbebibel הָעֲיָרִים אֹבִיל see Id.BN 45; Klo גִּבּוֺר), Lamentations 1:15; לֵב אַבִּירֵי stout of heart Isaiah 46:12 (= obstinate) Psalm 76:6.
2 angels Psalm Psalm 78:25 (compare 103:20).
3 animals; bull, simile of king of Assyrian Isaiah 10:13 (read כְּאַבִּיר & see Di); elsewhere plural; metaphor for enemies בָשָׁן אַבִּירֵי) Psalm 22:13 ("" מּרים); for princes 68:31; for Edomites Isaiah 34:7; hence even as sacrificial Psalm 50:13 ("" עַתּוּדִים); of horses Jeremiah 8:16; 47:3; 50:11. **Judges 5:22; Jeremiah 46:15 (but 46:15 many MSS. ᵐ5 Aq Symm Theod ᵑ9 many moderns read אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ thy bull, i.e. Apis).
אַבְרָהָם see אַבְרָם below II. אבה.