Strong's #74: 'Abner (pronounced ab-nare')
or (fully) nAbiyner {ab-ee-nare'}; from 1 and 5216; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite:--Abner.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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'abnêr / 'ăbı̂ynêr
Abner = "my father is a lamp"
1) Saul' s cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
Relation: from H1 and H5216
Usage:
This word is used 63 times:
1 Samuel 14:50: "and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle."
1 Samuel 14:51: "of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel."
1 Samuel 17:55: "the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose"
1 Samuel 17:55: "the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth?"
1 Samuel 17:55: "son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king,"
1 Samuel 17:57: "from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before"
1 Samuel 20:25: "a seat by the wall: and Jonathan and Abner sat by Saul's side,"
1 Samuel 26:5: "the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner,"
1 Samuel 26:7: "stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about"
1 Samuel 26:14: "to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying,"
1 Samuel 26:14: "saying, thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who"
1 Samuel 26:14: "thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou"
1 Samuel 26:15: "And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who"
2 Samuel 2:8: " But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took"
2 Samuel 2:12: " And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out"
2 Samuel 2:14: " And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play"
2 Samuel 2:17: "sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men"
2 Samuel 2:19: "And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to"
2 Samuel 2:19: "the left from following Abner."
2 Samuel 2:20: " Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I"
2 Samuel 2:21: " And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left,"
2 Samuel 2:22: " And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following"
2 Samuel 2:23: "Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth"
2 Samuel 2:24: "also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come"
2 Samuel 2:25: "of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood"
2 Samuel 2:26: " Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever?"
2 Samuel 2:29: " And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over"
2 Samuel 2:30: "And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together,"
2 Samuel 2:31: "of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three"
2 Samuel 3:6: "of Saul and the house of David, that Abner for the house of Saul."
2 Samuel 3:7: "of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, hast thou gone in unto my father's"
2 Samuel 3:8: " Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I"
2 Samuel 3:9: "So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as"
2 Samuel 3:11: "not answer Abner a word again, because he feared"
2 Samuel 3:12: " And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose"
2 Samuel 3:16: "her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned."
2 Samuel 3:17: " And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought"
2 Samuel 3:19: " And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also"
2 Samuel 3:19: "spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak"
2 Samuel 3:20: " So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with"
2 Samuel 3:20: "with him. And David Abner and the men that were with him a feast."
2 Samuel 3:21: " And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather"
2 Samuel 3:21: "And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace."
2 Samuel 3:22: "and brought in a great spoil them: but Abner was not with David"
2 Samuel 3:23: "they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to"
2 Samuel 3:24: "What hast thou done? behold, Abner unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away,"
2 Samuel 3:25: "Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive"
2 Samuel 3:26: "David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again"
2 Samuel 3:27: " And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate"
2 Samuel 3:28: "are guiltless before the LORD from the blood"
