Dictionaries :: Ner

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ner:

light, the father of Kish (1Ch 8:33). 1Sa 14:51 should be read, "Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were the sons of Abiel." And hence this Kish and Ner were brothers, and Saul and Abner were first cousins (1Ch 9:36).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ner:

a lamp; new-tilled land

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ner:

ner (ner, "lamp"): Father of Abner (1Sa 14:50 f; 26:5,14, etc.); grandfather of Saul (1Ch 8:33). Other references, though adding no further information are 2Sa 2:8,12; 3:23,25; 28; 37; 1Ki 2:5,32, etc.

Nave's Topical Bible

Ner: Father Of

Of Abner,

1Sa 14:50;

of Kish,

1Ch 8:33; 9:39.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ner:

(a light or lamp) son of Jehiel, according to 1 Chronicles 8:33, father of Abner, and grandfather of King Saul. (B.C. 1140) Abner was, therefore, uncle to Saul, as is expressly stated in 1 Samuel 14:50.