ner · Ner

What it means

ner (נֵר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ner”.

Father of Abner and relative of King Saul. The name means "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.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×4
• 2 Samuel×6
• 1 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×4

• 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 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 26:14

  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?”

• 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 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 3:25

  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 3:28

  Afterward David heard of it and said, “I and my kingdom are innocent before YHWH forever of the blood of Abner son of Ner.

• 2 Samuel 3:37

  So all the people and all Israel knew on that day that it had not been from the king to put to death Abner son of Ner.

• 1 Kings 2:5

  Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner son of Ner and to Amasa son of Jether, whom he killed, and he set the blood of war in time of peace and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist and on his sandal that were on his feet.

• 1 Kings 2:32

  And YHWH will bring back his blood on his head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

• 1 Chronicles 8:33

  And Ner fathered Kish, and Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

• 1 Chronicles 9:36

  and his firstborn son, Abdon; and Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

• 1 Chronicles 9:39

  And Ner fathered Kish, and Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

• 1 Chronicles 26:28

  And all that Samuel the seer had consecrated, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, everyone who consecrated was under the direction of Shelomith and his brothers.