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אַבִּיר H47

H47 is the Hebrew word אַבִּיר, transliterated ʼabbîyr and said ab-beer'. The King James Version most often renders it bulls.

Word: אַבִּירTransliteration: ʼabbîyrSaid: ab-beer'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 15 verses

What it means

{mighty (spoken of God)}.

Where it comes from

for H46 (אָבִיר).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

bulls 3×mighty 2×strong 2×stouthearted 2×chiefest 1×also the mighty 1×angels' 1×like a valiant 1×strong ones 1×why are thy valiant 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.

Verses using אַבִּיר

All 15 verses, quoted in full.

1 Samuel 21:7 · KJV

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 belonged to Saul.

Job 24:22 · KJV

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Job 34:20 · KJV

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.

Psalm 22:12 · KJV

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

Psalm 50:13 · KJV

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Psalm 68:30 · KJV

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 the people that delight in war.

Psalm 76:5 · KJV

The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

Psalm 78:25 · KJV

Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full.

Isaiah 10:13 · KJV

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 treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

Isaiah 34:7 · KJV

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 · KJV

Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

Jeremiah 8:16 · KJV

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 the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

Jeremiah 46:15 · KJV

Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.

Jeremiah 47:3 · KJV

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 back to their children for feebleness of hands;

Lamentations 1:15 · KJV

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 virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

Common questions

What does Strong's H47 mean?

H47 is the Hebrew word אַבִּיר (ʼabbîyr), meaning {mighty (spoken of God)}.

How is H47 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it bulls (3 times), mighty (2 times), strong (2 times), stouthearted (2 times), chiefest (1 time), among others.

How many times does H47 appear in the Bible?

אַבִּיר (ʼabbîyr) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H47 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: for H46 (אָבִיר).

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