Lexical Summary abbir: mighty, valiant Original Word: אַבִּירTransliteration: 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 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) 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 אַבִּירֵי stout 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 אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ thy bull, i.e. Apis). אַבְרָהָם see אַבְרָם below II. אבה. |
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