Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
mighty: ox
Usage: 1) mighty, valiant 1a) of men 1b) of angels 1c) of animals 1d) (metaph) 1d1) of enemies 1d2) of princes 1d3) of sacrificial objects 1e) obstinate (fig.)
Strong's Number
H47
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
17
Books
7
Strong's H47 Quick Answer
Strong's H47 אַבִּיר (abbiyr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. abbiyr (ab-beer') adj. 1. mighty (spoken of created beings [from H46] It has 17 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include bulls, mighty, chiefest, angels', and ones. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- abbiyr (ab-beer') adj. 1. mighty (spoken of created beings [from H46]
- Usage
- 17 linked usages
- Books
- 7 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- bulls, mighty, chiefest, angels', and ones
Meaning and Definition
abbiyr (ab-beer') adj. 1. mighty (spoken of created beings [from H46] KJV: angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant. Root(s): H46
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H47. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H47 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render abbiyr, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
bulls
Psalms 22:12
5×
mighty
Judges 5:22
4×
angels'
Psalms 78:25
chiefest
1 Samuel 21:7
ones
Jeremiah 8:16
How Strong's H47 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H47 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H47 in the Old Testament
17 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
Usage Excerpts
First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H47.
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H47, grouped by book.
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H47 FAQ
What does abbir (אַבִּיר) mean?
Abbir (Strong's H47) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "angel". abbiyr (ab-beer') adj. 1. mighty (spoken of created beings [from H46]
How many times is abbir (אַבִּיר) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's H47 across 7 books.
Where can I study abbir (אַבִּיר) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H47 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate abbir (אַבִּיר)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bulls, mighty, chiefest, angels', and ones. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.