Ner adv. & a. Nearer. [Obs.] See Nerre.

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 Ner·re adv. & a.  Nearer. [Obs.] [Written also neer, ner.]
 Never the neer, never the nearer; no nearer. [Obs.]

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 Ner
    light, the father of Kish (1 Chr. 8:33). 1 Sam. 14:51 should be
    read, "Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner,
    were the sons of Abiel." And hence this Kish and Ner were
    brothers, and Saul and Abner were first cousins (comp. 1 Chr.
    9:36).



 Ner, a lamp; new-tilled land