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HebrewH5369Proper Noun (Masculine)

נֵר

ner

17Occurrences
H5369Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ner, an Israelite

the same as H5216 (נִיר); lamp;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Abiel (H0022) and Maacah (H4601N); brother of: Kish (H7027), Abdon (H5658J), Zur (H6698I), Baal (H1168B), Nadab (H5070J), Gedor (H1446I), Ahio (H0283I), Zecher (H2144) and Mikloth (H4732); father of: Abner (H0074) § Ner = "lamp" 1) son of Jehiel, father of Kish, and grandfather of king ) father of Abner, the uncle of a) perhaps the same as 1

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נֵר appears 17 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
6
1 Chronicles
5
1 Samuel
4
1 Kings
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 26:28BSB

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.

1 Chronicles 9:36BSB

Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

1 Kings 2:32BSB

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.

1 Samuel 26:5BSB

Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

2 Samuel 2:12BSB

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.