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title: אַבִּיר — mighty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַבִּיר (47), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: mighty. BDB 1906: adj. mighty, valiant. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַבִּיר

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«אַבִּיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mighty** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 47 · **BDB:** אַבִּיר

### Glosses

of (3); mighty.\[bulls\] (2); of.mighty.\[bulls\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mighty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/47/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. mighty, valiant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/47/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. mighty, valiant—א׳ Jb 34:20 + Is 10:13 Kt (Qr כַּבִּיר; cstr. id. 1 S 21:8; pl. אַבִּירִים Jb 24:22 +;—mighty (alw. = subst. \& poet. exc.1 S 21:8). men Jb 24:22(= violent) 34:20 Je 46:15 1 S 21:8 (read א׳ הָרָצִים Gr Dr, cf. 22:17; but LagProbebibel אֹבִיל הָעֲיָרִים v. Id. BN 45; Klo גִּבּוֹר), La 1:15; אַבִּירֵי לֵב stout of heart Is 46:12 (= obstinate) ψ 76:6. angels ψ 78:25 (cf. 103:20). animals; bull, sim. of king of Assyr. Is 10:13 (rd.כְּאַבִּיר \& v. Di); elsewh. pl.; metaph. for enemies אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן ψ 22:13 (‖ פּרים); for princes ψ 68:31; for Edomites Is 34:7; hence even as sacrif. ψ 50:13 (‖ עַתּוּדִים); of horses Ju 5:22 Je 8:16; 47:3; 50:11 but Je 46:15 many MSS. 𝔊 Aq Symm Theod 𝔙 many moderns read אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ thy bull, i.e. Apis

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַבִּיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/47/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 22:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.13/)

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סְ֭בָבוּנִי פָּרִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים אַבִּירֵ֖י בָשָׁ֣ן כִּתְּרֽוּנִי׃

*Word for word:* they have.surrounded.me bulls many mighty.\[bulls\] of.Bashan they have.surrounded.me

*JPS 1917:* Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

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[Psalms 50:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.50.13/)

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הַֽ֭אוֹכַל בְּשַׂ֣ר אַבִּירִ֑ים וְדַ֖ם עַתּוּדִ֣ים אֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* do I.eat? \[the\].flesh of.mighty.\[bulls\] and.\[the\] blood of.goats do.I.drink?

*JPS 1917:* Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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