אביר

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ר (ʾ-b-r)
5 terms

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈbiʁ/

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Adjective

אַבִּיר • (abír) (feminine אַבִּירָה, masculine plural אַבִּירִים, feminine plural אַבִּירוֹת)

1. mighty, valiant
2. strong, mighty (used of God only)

Noun

אַבִּיר • (abír) m (plural indefinite אַבִּירִים, singular construct אַבִּיר־, plural construct אַבִּירֵי־, feminine counterpart אַבִּירָה)

1. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) a knight
2. (biblical) a great horse, an ox or a strong working bull

Declension

Declension of אַבִּיר

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	אַבִּיר	first	אַבִּירִי		אַבִּירֵנוּ
	definite	הָאַבִּיר	second	אַבִּירְךָ	אַבִּירֵךְ	אַבִּירְכֶם	אַבִּירְכֶן
	construct	אַבִּיר־	third	אַבִּירוֹ	אַבִּירָהּ	אַבִּירָם	אַבִּירָן
plural	indefinite	אַבִּירִים	first	אביריי / אַבִּירַי		אַבִּירֵינוּ
	definite	הָאַבִּירִים	second	אַבִּירֶיךָ	אבירייך / אַבִּירַיִךְ	אַבִּירֵיכֶם	אַבִּירֵיכֶן
	construct	אַבִּירֵי־	third	אַבִּירָיו	אַבִּירֶיהָ	אַבִּירֵיהֶם	אַבִּירֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• אַבִּירוּת (abirút, “knighthood, chivalry”)

See also

• פָּרָשׁ m (parash)

Proper noun

אַבִּיר • (abír) m

1. (Biblical Hebrew) the Strong, a poetic name for God
   • Tanach, Genesis 49:24:
   • Tanach, Isaiah 1:24:

References

• H47 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “אביר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "אביר" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Anagrams

• איבר
• בריא

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish aver, from Latin habeō (“hold, have”).

Verb

אביר (Latin spelling aver)

1. to have