Abner = "my father is a lamp"

1. Saul's cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab

brother

1. brother of same parents

2. half-brother (same father)

3. relative, kinship, same tribe

4. each to the other (reciprocal relationship)

5. (fig.) of resemblance

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

hand

1. hand (of man)

2. strength, power (fig.)

3. side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.)

4. (various special, technical senses)

   1. sign, monument

   2. part, fractional part, share

   3. time, repetition

   4. axle-trees, axle

   5. stays, support (for laver)

   6. tenons (in tabernacle)

   7. a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure)

   8. wrists

Joab = "Jehovah is father"

1. son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army

2. a Judaite descendant of Kenaz

3. a post exilic family

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

Ner = "lamp"

1. son of Jehiel, father of Kish, and grandfather of king Saul

2. father of Abner, the uncle of Saul

   1. perhaps the same as 1

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Zeruiah = "balsam"

1. sister of David and mother of the 3 leading heroes of David's army - Abishai, Joab, and Asahel

to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate

1. (Qal)

   1. to be set apart, be consecrated

   2. to be hallowed

   3. consecrated, tabooed

2. (Niphal)

   1. to show oneself sacred or majestic

   2. to be honoured, be treated as sacred

   3. to be holy

3. (Piel)

   1. to set apart as sacred, consecrate, dedicate

   2. to observe as holy, keep sacred

   3. to honour as sacred, hallow

   4. to consecrate

4. (Pual)

   1. to be consecrated

   2. consecrated, dedicated

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to set apart, devote, consecrate

   2. to regard or treat as sacred or hallow

   3. to consecrate

6. (Hithpael)

   1. to keep oneself apart or separate

   2. to cause Himself to be hallowed (of God)

   3. to be observed as holy

   4. to consecrate oneself

Kish = "bent"

1. a Benjamite of the family of Matri, father of king Saul

2. an ancestor of Mordecai

3. son of Gibeon and brother of Abdon, Zur, Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth; uncle of Kish the father of king Saul

4. a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and grandson of Merari the progenitor of the family

5. a Merarite Levite, son of Abdi in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider

1. (Qal)

   1. to see

   2. to see, perceive

   3. to see, have vision

   4. to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out

   5. to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish

   6. to look at, gaze at

2. (Niphal)

   1. to appear, present oneself

   2. to be seen

   3. to be visible

3. (Pual) to be seen

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to see, show

   2. to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at

5. (Hophal)

   1. to be caused to see, be shown

   2. to be exhibited to

6. (Hithpael) to look at each other, face

Saul or Shaul = "desired"

1. a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the 1st king of Israel

2. an early king of Edom and a successor of Samlah

3. a son of Simeon

4. a Levite, son of Uzziah

Shelomith = "peaceful"

1. a Gershonite Levite, son of Zichri in the time of David

   1. also 'Shelomoth'; same as H8013

2. son of king Rehoboam of Judah by Maacah the granddaughter of Absalom

3. head of a family of exiles who returned with Ezra

   proper feminine noun

4. a woman of Dan, daughter of Dibri, and mother of a son who blasphemed God and was stoned to death in the time of Moses

5. daughter of Zerubbabel

Samuel = "his name is El"

1. son of Elkanah by his wife Hannah and judge or prophet of Israel during the days of Saul and David

2. son Ammihud and the prince of the tribe of Simeon who was chosen to divide the land of Canaan between the tribes. Spelled 'Shemuel'

3. son of Tola and grandson of Issachar. Spelled 'Shemuel'