אֲבִינֵר

av.nerAbner
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man63 occurrences4 books53 verses
This is the name of Abner: Saul's cousin and commander of his army.

Definition

or (fully) אֲבִינֵר ; from H1 and H5216; father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite
Traditional renderings: Abner.

Glossary entries

Abner

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

63 total
  1. 2 Samuel 3:30לְאַבְנֵ֑ר · Abner
    (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
  2. 2 Samuel 3:31אַבְנֵ֑ר · Abner
    Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
  3. 2 Samuel 3:32 (2×)אַבְנֵ֖ר · Abner; אַבְנֵ֔ר · Abner’s
    When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
  4. 2 Samuel 3:33 (2×)אַבְנֵ֖ר · Abner; אַבְנֵֽר׃ · Should Abner
    And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
  5. 2 Samuel 3:37אַבְנֵ֥ר · of Abner
    So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
  6. 2 Samuel 4:1אַבְנֵר֙ · Abner
    Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
  7. 2 Samuel 4:12אַבְנֵ֖ר · it in Abner’s
    So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
  8. 1 Kings 2:5לְאַבְנֵ֨ר · to Abner
    Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
  9. 1 Kings 2:32אַבְנֵ֤ר · Abner
    The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
  10. 1 Chronicles 26:28וְאַבְנֵ֣ר · Abner
    Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.
  11. 1 Chronicles 27:21אַבְנֵֽר׃ס · of Abner
    …over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead was Iddo son of Zechariah; over Benjamin was Jaasiel son of Abner;