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H1368

H1368 — גִּבּוֹר גִּבּוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewgibbowradjectiveOccurrences: 160TWOT: 310b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1368
Word:גִּבּוֹר גִּבּוֹר
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:intensive from the same as H1397
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:160
Transliteration:gibbowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ghib-bore' (or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}) adj.
Meaning:1. powerful 2. (by implication) a warrior, tyrant
KJV Renderings:champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.

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גִּבּוֺר159 adjective strong, mighty (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 797] one who magnifies himself, behaves proudly, a tyrant, who is bold, audacious) — Gen 10:9 + 5 t.; גִּבֹּר Gen 10:8 + 2 t.; גִּבּוֺרָם 1Sam 17:51 plural גִּבּוֺרִים Jer 46:9 + 27 t.; גִּבֹּרִים Josh 10:2 + 21 t.; construct גִּבּוֺרֵי 1Chr 11:27 + 29 t.; גִּבֹּרֵי 1Chr 9:26 + 4 t.; suffix גִּבּוֺרֶיךָ Hos 10:13 + (variant reading suffixes 11 t.); —

1. adjective גִּבּוֺר בַּבְּהֵמָה mightiest among beasts Prov 30:30 אִישׁ גִּבּוֺר 1Sam 14:52 גִּבּוֺר בָּאָרֶץ Ps 112:2 גִּבּוֺר צַיִד mighty in hunting Gen 10:9 ( J ); מלך גבור Dan 11:3 אֵל גִּבּוֺר the Messiah Isa 9:5 attribute of God especially as fighting for his people Ps 24:8 (twice in verse); Deut 10:17; Neh 9:32; Isa 10:21; Jer 32:18 (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 798]).
2. noun masculine strong, valiant man Josh 10:2 ( E ) Gen 6:4; Gen 10:8( J ) Judg 5:13 ; Judg 5:23; 1Sam 2:4 + 16 t. 1Kgs 1:8; 1Kgs 1:10; 2Kgs 24:16; 1Chr 1:10 + 11 t. Ezra 7:28; Job 16:14; Ps 19:6; Ps 33:16; Ps 45:4; Ps 52:3; Ps 78:65; Ps 89:20; Ps 120:4; Ps 127:4; Prov 16:32; Prov 21:22; Song 3:7 (twice in verse); Song 4:4; Eccl 9:11; Isa 3:2; Isa 13:3; Isa 21:17; Isa 42:13; Isa 49:24; Isa 49:25; Jer 5:16 + 17 t. Ezek 32:12 + 5 t. Hos 10:13 ; Joel 2:7; Joel 4:9; Joel 4:10; Joel 4:11; Amos 2:14; Amos 2:16; Obad 1:9; Nah 2:4; Zeph 1:14; Zeph 3:17; Zech 9:13; Zech 10:5; Zech 10:7 compare phrases גִּבּוֺר חיל mighty man of valour Judg 6:12; Judg 11:1; 1Sam 9:1; 1Sam 16:18; 1Kgs 11:28; 2Kgs 5:1 ( וְהָאִישׁ הָיָה גִּבּוֺר חַיִל מְצֹרָ֑ע so ᵐ5 and others; but ᵐ5 L ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἦν λεπός, compare also Klo's dubious emendation), 1Chr 12:28; 1Chr 28:1; 1Chr 2:3; 1Chr 17:16; 1Chr 17:17; 1Chr 25:6; 1Chr 32:21 אישׁ גבור חיל Ruth 2:1 גבורי החיל Josh 1:14 ( D ) Josh 6:2; Josh 10:7 ( J E ) 2Kgs 15:20; 2Kgs 24:14 אישׁ גבורי החיל Josh 8:3 גברי חיל 1Chr 5:24 + 14 t. Neh 11:14 גבורי חילים 1Chr 7:5; 1Chr 7:7; 1Chr 7:11; 1Chr 7:40 גבורי החילים 1Chr 11:26 גברי כח Ps 103:20 גבורי מלחמה 2Chr 13:3 גברי השֹׁערים 1Chr 9:26 בית הגבורים Neh 3:16 (ה)צָבָא הגבורים 2Sam 10:7; 1Chr 19:8 ראשׁי הגברים 1Chr 11:10 גבורים לשׁתות valiant to drink Isa 5:22.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גבור (gib-bohr’)

Genesis 6:4

KJV: There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
EHCC: the same (became) mighty men

Deuteronomy 10:17

KJV: For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
EHCC: 4 mighty, and a terrible,

Joshua 1:14

KJV: Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;armed: Heb. marshalled by five
EHCC: all the mighty men of valour,

Joshua 6:2

KJV: And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
EHCC: the mighty men of valour.

Joshua 8:3

KJV: So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
EHCC: thirty thousand mighty menof,

Joshua 10:2

KJV: That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.royal…: Heb. cities of the kingdom
EHCC: all the men thereof (were ( mighty.

Judges 5:13

KJV: Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.
EHCC: have dominion over the mighty.

Judges 6:12

KJV: And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
EHCC: thou mighty man of valour.

Ruth 2:1

KJV: And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.Boaz: Gr. Booz
EHCC: 8 mighty Ly deers

1 Samuel 2:4

KJV: The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
EHCC: The bows of the mighty men

1 Samuel 9:1

KJV: Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.a Benjamite: or, the son of a man of Jeminipower: or, substance
EHCC: 4 mighty man of power.

1 Samuel 14:52

KJV: And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
EHCC: when ‘Soul saw any strung man,

1 Samuel 16:18

KJV: Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth–lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.matters: or, speech
EHCC: ard a mighty valiant man,

1 Samuel 17:51

KJV: Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
EHCC: saw their champion was dead,

2 Samuel 1:19

KJV: The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
EHCC: 25, 27. how are the mighty fallen {

2 Samuel 10:7

KJV: And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
EHCC: all the host of the mighty men.

2 Samuel 16:6

KJV: And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
EHCC: all the mighty men

2 Samuel 17:8

KJV: For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.chafed…: Heb. bitter of soul
EHCC: that they (be) mighty men,

2 Samuel 2:7

KJV: Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.be ye…: Heb. be ye the sons of valour
EHCC: all the mighty men:

2 Samuel 22:26

KJV: With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
EHCC: with the upright max

2 Samuel 23:8

KJV: These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.The Tachmonite…: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the threewhom he…: Heb. slain1ch 11:11 he lift…: from whom he…: Heb. slain
EHCC: the names of the mighty men

1 Kings 1:8

KJV: But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
EHCC: and the mighty men

1 Kings 11:58

EHCC: - ם mighty mun of valour:

1 Kings 15:20

KJV: So Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel–beth–maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
EHCC: all the mighty men of wealth,

1 Kings 24:14

EHCC: all the mighty men of valour,

1 Kings 5:24

EHCC: mighty men of valour,

1 Kings 7:2

KJV: He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
EHCC: voahant men of might

1 Kings 9:13

KJV: And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty
EHCC: very able men for the work (marg.

1 Kings 24:4

EHCC: name among the three mighties.

1 Kings 12:1

KJV: And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
EHCC: they (were) among the mighty men,

1 Kings 19:8

KJV: And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
EHCC: all the host of the mighty men.

1 Kings 26:6

EHCC: they (were) mighty men of valour.

1 Kings 27:6

EHCC: mighty (among) the thirty,

1 Kings 29:24

EHCC: and the mighty men, and all the sons .

2 Chronicles 13:3

KJV: And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.Abijah set: Heb. Abijah bound together
EHCC: men of war,

2 Chronicles 14:8

KJV: And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
EHCC: 7( & 17:13, 14. mighty men of valour.

2 Chronicles 17:16

KJV: And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
EHCC: mighty men of valour.

2 Chronicles 17:4

KJV: But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
EHCC: mighty man of valour,

2 Chronicles 25:6

KJV: He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
EHCC: mighty men of valour

2 Chronicles 26:12

KJV: The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
EHCC: the fathers of the mighty men of

2 Chronicles 98:84

EHCC: onighty man of Ephraim,

Ezra 7:28

KJV: And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
EHCC: before all the kings mighty princes.

Nehemiah 3:16

KJV: After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth–zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
EHCC: unto the house of the mighty.

Nehemiah 9:32

KJV: Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.trouble: Heb. wearinessthat…: Heb. that hath found us
EHCC: the it, the mighty, and the terrible

Job 16:14

KJV: He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
EHCC: he runneth upon me like a giant.

Psalms 19:56

EHCC: rejoiceth as a strong man

Psalms 24:8

KJV: Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
EHCC: The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord

Psalms 83:16

KJV: Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.
EHCC: 4 mighty mar is not delivered

Psalms 45:3

KJV: Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
EHCC: (4).upon (thy) thigh, O (most) mighty,

Psalms 52:1

KJV: To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.Maschil: or, of instruction
EHCC: 3(.0 mighty man lead saree of God

Psalms 78:65

KJV: Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
EHCC: like a mighty man that shouteth

Proverbs 16:32

KJV: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
EHCC: better than the miply 3

Ecclesiastes 9:11

KJV: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
EHCC: nor the battle to the strong,

Isaiah 3:2

KJV: The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
EHCC: The mighty man, and the man

Jeremiah 5:16

KJV: Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
EHCC: they (are) all mighty men.

Hosea 10:13

KJV: Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
EHCC: the multitude of thy mighty men.

Joel 2:7

KJV: They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
EHCC: shall run like mighty men;

Joel 3:9

KJV: Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:Prepare: Heb. Sanctify
EHCC: (4:9). wake up the mighty men,

Amos 2:14

KJV: Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:himself: Heb. his soul, or, life
EHCC: neither (lit, and not shall the mighty

Nahum 2:5

KJV: He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.worthies: or, gallantsdefence: Heb. covering, or, coverer
EHCC: (4)- The shield of his mighty men

Zephaniah 1:14

KJV: The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
EHCC: the mighty man shall cry

Zephaniah 3:17

KJV: The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.rest: Heb. be silent
EHCC: in the midst of thee (is) mighty ;

Zechariah 9:13

KJV: When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
EHCC: as the sword of a mighty man,

Zechariah 10:5

KJV: And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.the riders…: or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed
EHCC: they shall be as mighty men,
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