Strong’s H47 · Hebrew
אַבִּיר
ʼabbîyr
ab-beer'
Definition
{mighty (spoken of God)}
Etymology
for H46 (אָבִיר)
Where the KJV renders it
- angel
- bull
- chiefest
- mighty (one)
- stout(-hearted)
- strong (one)
- valiant
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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