ner (Ner) · Rightly

Meaning

Son of Jehiel, father of Kish, and grandfather of king Saul
Father of Abner, the uncle of Saulperhaps the same as 1

How it's translated

ner 12
and ner 5

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

2 Samuel 6
1 Chronicles 5
1 Samuel 4
1 Kings 2

4 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

1 Samuel 14:51And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
1 Samuel 26:5And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
1 Samuel 26:14And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
2 Samuel 2:8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2 Samuel 2:12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2 Samuel 3:23When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

All 17 verses, by book

1 Samuel 4: 14:50 14:51 26:5 26:14
2 Samuel 6: 2:8 2:12 3:23 3:25 3:28 3:37
1 Kings 2: 2:5 2:32
1 Chronicles 5: 8:30 8:33 9:36 9:39 26:28

Hebrew dictionary

נֵר ner · Ner

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.50; son of: Abiel (H0022) and Maacah (H4601N); brother of: Kish (H7027), Abdon (H5658J), Zur (H6698I), Baal (H1168B), Nadab (H5070J), Gedor (H1446I), Ahio (H0283I), Zecher (H2144) and Mikloth (H4732); father of: Abner (H0074) § Ner = "lamp" 1) son of Jehiel, father of Kish, and grandfather of king Saul 2) father of Abner, the uncle of Saul 2a) perhaps the same as 1

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).