Bible Names

Ner: meaning of the name

Ner means “a lamp; new-tilled land.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Ner in Hebrew and Greek

נֵר H5369

Nêr (nare) — Ner, an Israelite

the same as H5216 (נִיר); lamp;

Who named Ner in the Bible

Ner in Scripture

“Ner” appears in 16 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Samuel 14:50

    And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

  • 1 Samuel 14:51

    And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

  • 1 Samuel 26:5

    And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

  • 1 Samuel 26:14

    And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?

  • 2 Samuel 2:8

    But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

  • 2 Samuel 2:12

    And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Samuel 3:23

    When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

  • 2 Samuel 3:25

    Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.