ʻÂnêr — H6063

Definition

masculine proper noun

Aner, a Amorite, also a place in Palestine

1. Aner = "boy"
2. n pr m
3. one of the Amorite chiefs who aided Abraham in the pursuit of the 4 invading kings
4. n pr loc
5. a Levitical city west of the Jordan in Manasseh allotted to the Kohathite Levites

Usually translated as

Aner

Origin

probably for H5288

• Naʻar (H5288)

Occurrences

ʻÂnêr occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), 1 Chronicles (1)

• 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 (עָנֵ֔ר): 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 (עָנֵר֙), Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
• 1 Chronicles 6:70 — And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner (עָנֵר֙) with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.