H6063: עָנֵר
ʻÂnêr · pronounced aw-nare' · “Aner”
Definition
Aner, a Amorite, also a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Aner.
Word origin: probably for H5288 (נַעַר);
Extended definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.13;
brother of: Mamre (H4471H) and Aner (H6063)
§ Aner = "boy"
1) one of the Amorite chiefs who aided Abraham in the pursuit of the 4 invading kings
2) a Levitical city west of the Jordan in Manasseh allotted to the Kohathite Levites
brother of: Mamre (H4471H) and Aner (H6063)
§ Aner = "boy"
1) one of the Amorite chiefs who aided Abraham in the pursuit of the 4 invading kings
2) a Levitical city west of the Jordan in Manasseh allotted to the Kohathite Levites
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6063 is translated
- aner ×3
Bible verses with H6063 (ʻÂnêr)
ʻânêr appears in 3 verses.
- Genesis 14:13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
- Genesis 14:24
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- 1 Chronicles 6:70
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.