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title: אַבְנֵר — Abner · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַבְנֵר (74), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 63 times: Abner. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַבְנֵר

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«אַבְנֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abner** — 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:** 63 times · **Key:** 74 · **BDB:** אֲבִינֵר

### Glosses

Abner (53); of.Abner (7); O.Abner (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/74/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/74/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my father is Nêr, or is a lamp cf. 2 S 21:17; according to LagBN 75 = אֲבֶן (= בֶּן) + נֵר = son of Ner; cf. 𝔊 Ἀβεννηρ)—so only 1 S 14:50, elsewhere אַבְנֵר—cousin of Saul, and captain of his host 1 S 14:50, 51; 17:55(×3) + 52 times 1 \& 2 S + 1 K 2:5, 32 1 Ch 26:28; 27:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַבְנֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/74/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 14:51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.51/)

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וְקִ֧ישׁ אֲבִֽי־שָׁא֛וּל וְנֵ֥ר אֲבִֽי־אַבְנֵ֖ר בֶּן־אֲבִיאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and Kish \[was\].the.father of.Saul and Ner the.father of.Abner \[was\].the.son of.Abiel

*JPS 1917:* And Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

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[2 Samuel 2:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.2.20/)

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וַיִּ֤פֶן אַבְנֵר֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔יו וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הַאַתָּ֥ה זֶ֖ה עֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָנֹֽכִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.turned Abner behind him and he.said ? you \[is\].this O.Asahel and he.said I

*JPS 1917:* Then Abner looked behind him, and said: 'Is it thou, Asahel?' And he answered: 'It is I.'

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