Avir אָבִיר
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| אָבִיר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | avir |
| Strong's number | H46 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | mighty |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (3) |
Avir (Hebrew אָבִיר, Strong's H46) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “mighty”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) strong, mighty-used only to describe God
2) the Strong-old name for God (poetic)
2) the Strong-old name for God (poetic)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | mighty (3), one (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | mighty (4), mighty one (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Avir, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 49:24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
Psalms
- Psalm 132:2How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
- Psalm 132:5Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Isaiah
- Isaiah 1:24Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
- Isaiah 49:26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- Isaiah 60:16Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).