BDB76 [H47]

אַבִּיר adjective mighty, valiant — ׳א Job 34:20 + Isa 10:13 Kt (Qr כַּבִּיר); construct id. 1Sam 21:8 plural אַכִּירִים Job 24:22 +; — mighty (always = substantive & in poetry except 1Sam 21:8).

1. men Job 24:22 (= violent) Job 34:20; 1Sam 21:8 (read הָרָצִים ׳א Gr Dr, compare 1Sam 22:17 but Lag^Probebibel אֹבִיל הָעֲיָרִים see Id.^{BN 45}; Klo גִּבּוֺר), Lam 1:15 אַבִּירֵי לֵב stout of heart Isa 46:12 (= obstinate) Ps 76:6.

2. angels Ps 78:25 (compare Ps 103:20).

3. animals; bull, simile of king of Assyrian Isa 10:13 (read כְּאַבִּיר & see Di); elsewhere plural; metaphor for enemies אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן) Ps 22:13 (|| פּרים); for princes Ps 68:31 for Edomites Isa 34:7 hence even as sacrificial Ps 50:13 (|| עַתּוּדִים); of horses Jer 8:16; Jer 47:3; Jer 50:11.

**Judg 5:22; Jer 46:15 (but Jer 46:15 many MSS. ᵐ5 Aq Symm Theod ᵑ9 many moderns read אַבִּירֶ֑ךָ thy bull, i.e. Apis).

אַבְרָהָם see אַבְרָם below II. אבה.

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