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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