H0046 H0046
Mighty One; a poetic divine epithet for God, always in construct ('Mighty One of Jacob/Israel'), expressing sovereign power.
Avir is a majestic, archaic epithet for God found exclusively in poetic and prophetic texts. It always appears in the construct state—'Mighty One of Jacob' or 'Mighty One of Israel'—and never as a standalone noun for God. Jacob's blessing in Genesis 49:24 first introduces it: the arms of Joseph's hands were made strong 'by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob.' Isaiah uses it both in judgment (1:24, 'the Mighty One of Israel') and in promise (49:26, 60:16). The translations reveal the semantic weight: Spanish Fuerte/Poderoso, French Puissant, German Starker—all strong, authoritative terms reserved for divine power.
Senses
1. Mighty One (divine epithet) — A divine epithet meaning 'Mighty One,' used exclusively in construct phrases ('Mighty One of Jacob,' 'Mighty One of Israel') to express God's sovereign power and protective strength. First appearing in Jacob's poetic blessing (Gen 49:24), it recurs in the Psalms (132:2, 5) and Isaiah (1:24; 49:26; 60:16), always in elevated, poetic register. The multilingual evidence (Spanish Fuerte/Poderoso, French Puissant, German Starker) consistently selects terms denoting supreme strength, confirming this as a single, well-defined divine title. 6×
AR["عَزِيزُ", "عَزِيزِ", "لِـ-قَدِيرِ"]·ben["পরাক্রমশালী", "শক্তিমানের", "শক্তিশালী", "শক্তিশালীর-কাছে", "শক্তিশালীর-জন্য"]·DE["Starker", "des-Starken", "für-der-Mighty-One-of", "zu-der-Mighty-One-of"]·EN["Mighty-One-of", "for-the-Mighty-One-of", "to-the-Mighty-One-of"]·FR["Puissant-Un-de", "fort", "à-puissant"]·heb["אביר", "ל-אביר"]·HI["याकूब-के-शक्तिशाली-के-लिए", "याकूब-के-शक्तिशाली-से", "शक्तिशाली", "सामर्थी"]·ID["Yang-Mahakuasa", "Yang-Perkasa", "bagi-Yang-Mahakuasa", "kepada-Yang-Mahakuasa"]·IT["Mighty-One-di", "Potente", "potente"]·jav["Ingkang-Kiyat", "Ingkang-Kuwaos", "Ingkang-Kuwasa", "dhateng-Ingkang-Maha-Kuwasa", "ingkang-kiyat", "kanggo-Ingkang-Maha-Kuwasa"]·KO["강한-자", "강한-자의", "능하신-자", "전능자-를-위한", "전능자-에게", "전능자시여"]·PT["Poderoso-de", "ao-Poderoso-de", "para-o-Poderoso-de", "poderoso-de"]·RU["Могучий", "Могущественного", "Сильному-", "Сильный", "Сильный-", "для-Сильного-"]·ES["Fuerte-de", "Poderoso-de", "al-Poderoso-de", "el-Fuerte-de", "para-el-Poderoso-de"]·SW["Mwenye-Nguvu", "Mwenye-nguvu", "Mwenye-nguvu-wa", "kwa-Mwenye-Nguvu-wa", "yeye-mwenye-nguvu"]·TR["Guclusu", "Güçlüsüne", "Güçlüsünün", "Kudretlisi-"]·urd["قادر", "قادر-کے-لیے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [אָבִיר] adj. strong; alw.= subst. the Strong, old name for God (poet.); only cstr. in אֲבִיר יַעֲקֹב Gn 49:24 & thence ψ 132:2, 5 Is 49:26; 60:16; א׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Is 1:24 (cf. Che crit. n.)—BaNB 51 assigns this cstr. to אַבִּיר.