Lexicon / H0074
אֲבִינֵר
av.ner
  • Abner
  • my father is Nêr
  • is a lamp

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Abner

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.50;

son of: Ner (H5369);

father of: Jaasiel (H3300H)

§ Abner = "my father is a lamp"

Saul's cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: my father is Nêr; is a lamp

אֲבִינֵר n.pr.m my father is Nêr is a lamp . (, or)—cousin of Saul, and captain of host