Person of Interest

    Ner

    meaning: a lamp; new-tilled land

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Dictionary Summary:Light, the father of Kish ([1 Chr. 8:33](/1chr#1Chr.8.33)). [1 Sam. 14:51](/1sam#1Sam.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 (comp. [1 Chr. 9:36](/1chr#1Chr.9.36)). 2


Father

    Abiel

    meaning: God my father

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Mother

    Maachah

    meaning: pressed down; worn; fastened

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Siblings

    Abdon

    meaning: servant; cloud of judgment

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    Ahio

    meaning: his brother; his brethren

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    Baal

    meaning: master; lord

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    Gedor

    meaning: 

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    Kish

    meaning: hard; difficult; straw; for age

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    Mikloth

    meaning: little wants; little voices; looking downward

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    Nadab

    meaning: free and voluntary gift; prince

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    Zacher

    meaning: 

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    Zur

    meaning: stone; rock; that besieges

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Children

    Abner

    meaning: father of light

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Cross References
BookCross-References
1Sam
    14.50 14.51 26.5 26.14 
2Sam
    2.8 2.12 3.23 3.25 3.28 3.37 
1Kgs
    2.5 2.32 
1Chr
    9.36 26.28 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

      1

      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      2

      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.