# H74 אַבְנֵר

אַבְנֵר (ʼAbnêr), Strong’s H74: Abner, an Israelite KJV: Abner.. Occurs 63 times.

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*ʼAbnêr* — Abner, an Israelite

KJV: Abner.

Built from [אָב ʼâb](https://besorah.bible/word/H1) (father) + [נִיר nîyr](https://besorah.bible/word/H5216) (a lamp) — means “father of light (i.e. enlightening)”

Occurs 63 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲבִינֵר n.pr.m. (my father is Nêr, or is a lamp)—cousin of Saul, and captain of host

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 14:50](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=50) — The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of…
- [1 Samuel 14:51](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=51) — Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
- [1 Samuel 17:55](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=55) — When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this…
- [1 Samuel 17:57](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=57) — As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the…
- [1 Samuel 20:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/20?v=25) — The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by…
- [1 Samuel 26:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=5) — Then David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the…
- [1 Samuel 26:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=7) — So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with…
- [1 Samuel 26:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=14) — and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Don’t you answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered…
- [1 Samuel 26:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=15) — David said to Abner, “Aren’t you a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the…
- [2 Samuel 2:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=8) — Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.