עָנֵרʻÂnêr

Aner, a Amorite, also a place in Palestine

Pronunciation: aw-nare' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6063

Meanings

1. apparently, ally of Abram (Genesis 14:13; Genesis 14:24)

2. in Manasseh (1 Chronicles 6:55)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 14:13 But one of Lot’s men escaped and reported everything to Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram’s allies.
  • Genesis 14:24 I will accept only what my young warriors have already eaten, and I request that you give a fair share of the goods to my allies—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.”
  • 1 Chronicles 6:70 The remaining descendants of Kohath were assigned the towns of Aner and Bileam from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, each with its pasturelands.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).