NER
Ner
Ner
(adv. & a.)
nearer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Ner
a lamp; new-tilled land
Nereus
same as Ner
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
About
Ner
(a light or lamp), son of Jehiel, according to (1 Chronicles 8:33) father of Abner, and grandfather of King Saul. (B.C. 1140.) Abner was, therefore, uncle to Saul, as is expressly stated in (1 Samuel 14:50)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
About
Ner
light, the father of Kish (1 Chr. 8:33). 1 Sam. 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).