אַבִּיר
Transliteration
'abîr
Pronunciation
ab-beer'
Part of Speech
masculine adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
For אֳבִיר (H46)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 13d

Strong’s Definitions

אַבִּיר ʼabbîyr, ab-beer'; for H46:—angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H47 in the following manner: bulls (4x), strong (ones) (4x), mighty (3x), stouthearted (2x), valiant (2x), angels (1x), chiefest (1x).

  1. mighty, valiant

    1. of men

    2. of angels

    3. of animals

    4. (metaph)

      1. of enemies

      2. of princes

      3. of sacrificial objects

    5. obstinate (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַבִּיר ʼabbîyr, ab-beer'; for H46:—angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.
STRONGS H47: Abbreviations
† אַבִּיר adjective mighty, valiant — א׳ Job 34:20 + Isaiah 10:13 Kt (Qr כַּבִּיר); construct id. 1 Samuel 21:8; plural אַכִּירִים Job 24:22 +; — mighty (always = substantive & in poetry except 1 Samuel 21:8).
1. men Job 24:22 (= violent) Job 34:20; 1 Samuel 21:8 (read הָרָצִים א׳ Gr Dr, compare 1 Samuel 22:17; but LagProbebibel אֹבִיל הָעֲיָרִים see Id.BN 45; Klo גִּבּוֺר), Lamentations 1:15; אַבִּירֵי לֵב stout of heart Isaiah 46:12 (= obstinate) Psalm 76:6.
2. angels Psalm 78:25 (compare Psalm 103:20).
3. animals; bull, simile of king of Assyrian Isaiah 10:13 (read כְּאַבִּיר & see Di); elsewhere plural; metaphor for enemies אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן) Psalm 22:13 (|| פּרים); for princes Psalm 68:31; for Edomites Isaiah 34:7; hence even as sacrificial Psalm 50:13 (|| עַתּוּדִים); of horses Jeremiah 8:16; Jeremiah 47:3; Jeremiah 50:11. **Judges 5:22; Jeremiah 46:15 (but Jeremiah 46:15 many MSS. Aq Symm Theod many moderns read אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ thy bull, i.e. Apis).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

Judges 5:22

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 21:8; 1 Samuel 21:8; 1 Samuel 21:8; 1 Samuel 22:17

Job

Job 24:22; Job 24:22; Job 34:20; Job 34:20

Psalms

Psalms 22:13; Psalms 50:13; Psalms 68:31; Psalms 76:6; Psalms 78:25; Psalms 103:20

Isaiah

Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 34:7; Isaiah 46:12

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 8:16; Jeremiah 46:15; Jeremiah 46:15; Jeremiah 47:3; Jeremiah 50:11

Lamentations

Lamentations 1:15