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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(lamp). Grandfather of Saul (1 Sam14:50; 26:5; 1 Chron. 8:33; 9:39³³And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. (1 Chronicles 8:33)
³⁹And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. (1 Chronicles 9:39)). Appears as an uncle of Saul (1 Chron. 9:36³⁶And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, (1 Chronicles 9:36)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Son of Abiel, father of Abner, and Saul’s uncle (1 Sam. 14:50-51⁵⁰And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. ⁵¹And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. (1 Samuel 14:50‑51)). The genealogy here falls thus:

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This differs from the Chronicles, where Ner is the son of Jehiel of Gibeon, and the father of Kish, the father of Saul (1 Chron. 8:33³³And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. (1 Chronicles 8:33); 1 Chron. 9:36,39³⁶And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, (1 Chronicles 9:36)
³⁹And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. (1 Chronicles 9:39)). The rabbis say that this Ner is the same person as Abiel; but others suppose him to be some earlier ancestor not elsewhere mentioned.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

5369 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Ner

Phonic:

nare

Meaning:

the same as 5216; lamp; Ner, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Ner

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a lamp

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Candle; lamp; light; land newly tilled:―son of Jehiel [UR], 1 Chron. 9:36. {Lucerna}