Aner
עָנֵרStrong’s H6063aner (a-ner)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aner is the Hebrew word usually translated “aner”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.”
Meaning
- One of the Amorite chiefs who aided Abraham in the pursuit of the 4 invading kings
- A Levitical city west of the Jordan in Manasseh allotted to the Kohathite Levites
How it's translated
- aner 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 14:24Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- 1 Chronicles 6:70And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
Hebrew dictionary
עָנֵר aner · Aner
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.13; brother of: Mamre (H4471H) and Aner (H6063) § Aner = "boy" 1) one of the Amorite chiefs who aided Abraham in the pursuit of the 4 invading kings 2) a Levitical city west of the Jordan in Manasseh allotted to the Kohathite Levites
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.