ABHIR - The Mighty One of Jacob

We find that the Bible uses the Hebrew word often transliterated as "Abhir" in the following verses:  Genesis 49:24; Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 132:2, 5; Isaiah 1:24, 49:26, 60:1.

Here are the instances as found in the Darby translation:

Genesis 49:24
But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One [ABHIR] of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:
Psalm 132:2
How he swore unto Jehovah, vowed unto the Mighty One [ABHIR] of Jacob:
Psalm 132:5
Until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the Mighty One [ABHIR] of Jacob.
Isaiah 1:24
Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One [ABHIR] of Israel: Ah! I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies.
Isaiah 49:26
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One [ABHIR]  of Jacob.
Isaiah 60:16
And thou shalt suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

The word transliterated as Abhir (or, Abir) is Strong's Hebrew #46, and it has the basic meaning of "strong". It is not a noun, but it is an adjective, and it is used as adjective all the verses given. Nevertheless, as a adjective, it is understood as being descriptive of a noun or pronoun, and thus, as in the Darby translation above, the pronoun "one" is supplied, and thus we have the entire phrase as the "Mighty One of Jacob" or the "Mighty One of Israel". However, without adding a pronoun, it could be rendered as the "strength of Jacob", or the "strength of Israel". Still, however, it is Jehovah who is being spoken of.

Abhir appears to be a close synonym to forms of the Hebrew word often transliterated as EL (Strong's 410), which is usually translated into English as "god" or "God"; however, the basic meaning of EL is that of strength or might, very similar to Abhir. In the KJV, forms of the Hebrew word EL are rendered as "power", "great", "mighty", "angels", and "exceeding", as well as by "idols", "god" or "God".
http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/kjv/el.html
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As a descriptive title, one could say that ABHIR is a "name" of Jehovah, but it is never given as being God's Holy Name. The Bible speaks of only one "Holy Name" of God, and it shows that "Holy Name" to be, as it is often given in English, "Jehovah" or "Yahweh". As such, both the English/Latin form "Jehovah" and the English/Latin form "Yahweh" are variations of the same one Holy Name found in the Hebrew Bible.

See alsoour study:
One Holy Name