אַבִּיר abbir
Hebrew word for “mighty” · Strong’s H47 · used 17 times in 17 verses
Meaning
1) mighty, valiant; 1a) of men;
Senses in the lexicon
- mighty: strong (7)
- mighty: ox (5)
- mighty: stallion (4)
- mighty: angel (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for abbir in context, with how often each is used:
- mighty ones 4
- mighty bulls 4
- mighty horses 3
- people mighty 2
- mighty one 1
- mighty 1
- like a mighty man 1
- like mighty horses 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 5 (1), 1 Samuel 21 (1), Job 24 (1), Job 34 (1), Psalms 22 (1), Psalms 50 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Psalms 76 (1), Psalms 78 (1), Isaiah 10 (1)
Forms
- אבירים 5
- אבירי 4
- אביריו 3
- אביר 2
- אביריך 1
- כאביר 1
- כאברים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with abbir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁסָה shasah “to plunder” 2
- פַּר par “bullock” 2
- כֹּחַ koach “strength” 2
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 3
- סוּס sus “horse” 2
- סוּר sur “to turn aside” 2
- דָּם dam “blood” 2
- יָרַד yarad “to go down” 2
- קוֹל qol “voice” 2
- חַי chay “alive” 2
- לֵב lev “heart” 2
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 2
Key verses
The verses using abbir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 21:7 — Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that…
- Job 34:20 — In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
- Psalms 22:12 — Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
- Psalms 68:30 — Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou…
- Psalms 76:5 — The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
- Isaiah 10:13 — For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their…
- Isaiah 34:7 — And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
- Isaiah 46:12 — Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
- Jeremiah 8:16 — The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured…
- Jeremiah 47:3 — At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look…
- Jeremiah 50:11 — Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
- Lamentations 1:15 — The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the…
See all 17 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.