ner is a personal name, chiefly identifying Abner’s father in family records and accounts involving Saul’s army.

The supplied verses use the term exclusively as a personal name: it identifies Abner through the phrase “son of Ner” and appears in genealogical statements connecting Ner with Kish and Abner.

1. Personal name in family and military references · dominant

   The supplied forms are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Samuel 14:51 the APB renders a genealogy in which “Ner was the father of Abner,” while 1 Samuel 26:5 identifies Abner as “son of Ner” beside Saul’s camp. In 2 Samuel 2:8 the same identification accompanies Abner’s action in taking Ish-bosheth to Mahanaim.

   1 Samuel 14:511 Chronicles 8:331 Samuel 26:52 Samuel 2:82 Samuel 3:281 Kings 2:32

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as “Ner,” either in genealogical statements or in the identification “Abner son of Ner.” These renderings confirm the verse-level presentation of a name rather than isolate every grammatical contribution.