avner · Abner

What it means

avner (אַבְנֵר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Abner”.

Son of Ner, relative of King Saul and commander of his army. In 1 Samuel 14:50 the Hebrew writes the long form, "Abiner." The name means "my father is a lamp."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Abner ×62
• was Abiner ×1

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×13
• 2 Samuel×46
• 1 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×2

• 1 Samuel 14:50

  And the name of the wife of Saul was Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz; and the name of the commander of his army was Abiner, son of Ner, uncle of Saul.

• 1 Samuel 14:51

  Kish, father of Saul, and Ner, father of Abner, were sons of Abiel.

• 1 Samuel 17:55

  When Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Whose son is this young man, Abner?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”

• 1 Samuel 17:57

  When David returned from striking the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

• 1 Samuel 20:25

  The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan rose, and Abner sat at the side of Saul, and the place of David was empty.

• 1 Samuel 26:5

  David arose and came to the place where Saul had camped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army. Saul was lying within the camp enclosure, and the people were camped around him.

• 1 Samuel 26:7

  David and Abishai came to the people by night, and look, Saul was lying asleep within the camp enclosure, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people were lying around him.

• 1 Samuel 26:14

  David called to the people and to Abner son of Ner, saying, “Will you not answer, Abner?” Abner answered and said, “Who are you that you call to the king?”

• 1 Samuel 26:15

  David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came to destroy the king, your lord.

• 2 Samuel 2:8

  But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim,

• 2 Samuel 2:12

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

• 2 Samuel 2:14

  Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise, please, and play before us.” Joab said, “Let them arise.”

• 2 Samuel 2:17

  The battle was extremely hard on that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were struck down before the servants of David.

• 2 Samuel 2:19

  Asahel pursued Abner, and he did not turn aside to go to the right or to the left from following Abner.

• 2 Samuel 2:20

  Abner turned back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” He said, “It is I.”

• 2 Samuel 2:21

  Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or to your left, and seize for yourself one of the young men and take for yourself what he is wearing.” But Asahel would not turn away from following him.

• 2 Samuel 2:22

  Abner again said to Asahel, “Turn away from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? And how could I lift my face to Joab your brother?”

• 2 Samuel 2:23

  But he refused to turn away; so Abner struck him with the butt of the spear in the belly, and the spear came out behind him; and he fell there and died in his place. And it happened that all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died stood still.

• 2 Samuel 2:24

  Joab and Abishai pursued Abner; and the sun was going down when they came as far as the hill of Ammah, which is opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

• 2 Samuel 2:25

  The sons of Benjamin gathered behind Abner and became one band, and they stood on the top of a hill.

• 2 Samuel 2:26

  Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the end? And how long will you not tell the people to turn back from following their brothers?”

• 2 Samuel 2:29

  And Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night; they crossed the Jordan, went through the whole Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

• 2 Samuel 2:30

  And Joab returned from following Abner and gathered all the people; and of the servants of David nineteen men were missing, and Asahel.

• 2 Samuel 2:31

  But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin and of the men of Abner three hundred and sixty men; they died.

• 2 Samuel 3:6

  And it happened, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul.

• 2 Samuel 3:7

  Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”

• 2 Samuel 3:8

  Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I am doing loyal love with the house of Saul your father, with his brothers and with his companions, and I have not handed you over into the hand of David; and you call me to account today for the iniquity of the woman?

• 2 Samuel 3:9

  So may Elohim do to Abner, and so may he add to him, if I do not do for him just as YHWH swore to David:

• 2 Samuel 3:11

  And he could not any longer answer Abner a word, because of his fear of him.

• 2 Samuel 3:12

  Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “Whose is the land?” saying, “Make your covenant with me, and look, my hand will be with you to turn to you all Israel.”

• 2 Samuel 3:16

  Her husband went with her, weeping as he went behind her as far as Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go, return.” And he returned.

• 2 Samuel 3:17

  Abner’s word had been with the elders of Israel, saying, “For some time now you have been seeking David as king over you.

• 2 Samuel 3:19

  Abner also spoke in the hearing of Benjamin; and Abner also went to speak in the hearing of David at Hebron all that was good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of the whole house of Benjamin.

• 2 Samuel 3:20

  When Abner came to David at Hebron, and with him twenty men, David made a feast for Abner and for the men who were with him.

• 2 Samuel 3:21

  Abner said to David, “Let me arise and go and gather to my lord the king all Israel, that they may make a covenant with you, and you will reign over all that your soul desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

• 2 Samuel 3:22

  And look, the servants of David and Joab came from the raid, and they brought much spoil with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

• 2 Samuel 3:23

  When Joab and all the army that was with him came, they reported to Joab, saying, “Abner son of Ner came to the king, and he sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”

• 2 Samuel 3:24

  Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you; why did you send him away, and he is completely gone?

• 2 Samuel 3:25

  You know Abner son of Ner, that he came to deceive you and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”

• 2 Samuel 3:26

  Joab went out from David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah; but David did not know.

And 23 more times.