King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H74
Transliteration: Abner
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-nare')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "my father is a lamp", an Israelite name
Meaning: Abner -- "my father is a lamp", an Israelite name
Word Summary
Abner: "my father is a lamp", an Israelite name
Original Word: אַבְנֵרTransliteration: Abner
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-nare')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "my father is a lamp", an Israelite name
Meaning: Abner -- "my father is a lamp", an Israelite name
Strong's Concordance
Abner Or (fully) nabiyner {ab-ee-nare'}; from 'ab and niyr; father of light (i.e. Enlightening); Abner, an Israelite -- Abner.
see HEBREW 'ab
see HEBREW niyr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H74. Abner
אֲבִינֵר proper name, masculine (my father is Nêr, or is a lamp compare 2 Samuel 21:17; accusative to LagBN 75 = אֲבֶן (= בֶּן) + נֵר = son of Ner; compare ᵐ5 Ἀβεννηρ) — so only 1 Samuel 14:50, elsewhere אַבְנֵר — cousin of Saul, and captain of his host 14:50-51, 17:55 (3 t. in verse) + 52 t. 1 & 2Samuel; + 1 Kings 2:5, 32; 1 Chronicles 26:28; 27:21.