STRONGS NUMBER H47


Word Summary
abbir: mighty, valiant
Original Word: אַבִּיר
Transliteration: abbir
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-beer')
Part of Speech: Adjective Masculine
Short Definition: mighty, valiant
Meaning: mighty, valiant
Strong's Concordance
angel, bull, chiefest, mighty one, stouthearted, strong one, valiant

For 'abiyr; --angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.

see HEBREW 'abiyr

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H47. abbir

אַבִּירadjective mighty, valiant׳אJob 34:20 + Isaiah 10:13 Kt (Qr כַּבִּיר‎); construct id. 1 Samuel 21:8; plural אַכִּירִיםJob 24:22 +; — mighty (always = substantive & in poetry except 1 Samuel 21:8).

1 men Job 24:22 (= violent) 34:20; 1 Samuel 21:8 (read ׳א הָרָצִים‎ Gr Dr, compare 22:17; but LagProbebibel הָעֲיָרִים אֹבִיל‎ see Id.BN 45; Klo גִּבּוֺר‎), Lamentations 1:15; לֵב אַבִּירֵיstout of heart Isaiah 46:12 (= obstinate) Psalm 76:6.

2 angels Psalm Psalm 78:25 (compare 103:20).

3 animals; bull, simile of king of Assyrian Isaiah 10:13 (read כְּאַבִּיר‎ & see Di); elsewhere plural; metaphor for enemies בָשָׁן אַבִּירֵי‎) Psalm 22:13 ("" מּרים‎); for princes 68:31; for Edomites Isaiah 34:7; hence even as sacrificial Psalm 50:13 ("" עַתּוּדִים‎); of horses Jeremiah 8:16; 47:3; 50:11. **Judges 5:22; Jeremiah 46:15 (but 46:15 many MSS. ᵐ5‎ Aq Symm Theod ᵑ9‎ many moderns read אַבִּירֶ֑ךָthy bull, i.e. Apis).

אַבְרָהָם‎ see אַבְרָם‎ below II. אבה‎.