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title: אָבִיר — strong · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָבִיר (46), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: strong. BDB 1906: adj. strong. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָבִיר

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«אָבִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strong** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 46 · **BDB:** אָבִיר

### Glosses

the.mighty.one (5); of.the.mighty.one (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/46/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. strong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/46/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. strong; alw.= subst. the Strong, old name for God (poet.); only cstr. in אֲבִיר יַעֲקֹב Gn 49:24 \& thence ψ 132:2, 5 Is 49:26; 60:16; א׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Is 1:24 (cf. Che crit. n.)—BaNB 51 assigns this cstr. to אַבִּיר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָבִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/46/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 132:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.2/)

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אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֭שְׁבַּע לַיהוָ֑ה נָ֝דַ֗ר לַאֲבִ֥יר יַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* who he.swore.an.oath to Yahweh he.vowed to the.mighty.one of.Jacob

*JPS 1917:* How he swore unto the LORD, and vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob:

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[Psalms 132:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.5/)

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עַד־אֶמְצָ֣א מָ֭קוֹם לַיהוָ֑ה מִ֝שְׁכָּנ֗וֹת לַאֲבִ֥יר יַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* until I.will.find a.place for Yahweh dwelling.place(s) for the.mighty.one of.Jacob

*JPS 1917:* Until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.'

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