Strong's Lexicon

H1397

H1397 — גֶּבֶר

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

Hebrewgebernoun mascOccurrences: 65TWOT: 310a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1397
Word:גֶּבֶר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1396
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:65
Transliteration:geber
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gheh'-ber
Meaning:1. (properly) a valiant man or warrior 2. (generally) a person simply
KJV Renderings:every one, man, X mighty.

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BDB1462

I. גֶּ֫בֶר66 noun masculine man (Late Hebrew id., MI16 גברן (plural), Aramaic גְּבַר, [untranscribed source text 796]; Assyrian gabru , rival is Akkadian Loan-word according to SchrJLZ 1874, 200 DlS 120, Sm. Chald. Gen. 286) — Deut 22:5 + 39 t.; גָּ֑בֶר Job 3:3 + 13 t.; construct גְּבַּר Ps 18:26 (= 2Sam 22:26 גִּבּוֺר but ᵐ5 ᵑ6 read גֶּבֶר); plural גְּבָרים Jer 41:16 + 10 t.; — man as strong, distinguished from women, children, and non-combatants whom he is to defend, chiefly poetic Exod 10:11; Num 24:3; Num 24:15 ( E ) Exod 12:37 ; Josh 7:14; Josh 7:17; Josh 7:18 ( J ) Deut 22:5 (twice in verse); Judg 5:30; 2Sam 23:1; 1Chr 23:3; 1Chr 24:4; 1Chr 26:12; Job 3:3 + 14 t. Job; Ps 18:26 + 8 t. Psalms; Prov 6:34 + 7 t. Proverbs; Isa 22:17; Jer 17:5 + 8 t. Jeremiah; Lam 3:1; Lam 3:27; Lam 3:35; Lam 3:39; Dan 8:15; Mic 2:2; Hab 2:5; Zech 13:7 also 1Sam 10:21 ᵐ5 We Dr; = each (of locusts) Joel 2:8, compare אישׁ.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גבר (geh’-ver)

Exodus 10:11

KJV: Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
EHCC: go now ye (that are) men,

Exodus 12:37

KJV: And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
EHCC: 0n foot (that were) men,

Numbers 94:3

EHCC: 15. the man whose eyes are open

Deuteronomy 22:5

KJV: The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
EHCC: that which pertaineth unto a man, neither

Joshua 7:14

KJV: In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.
EHCC: ahall come man by nun,

Judges 5:30

KJV: Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?every…: Heb. the head of a man
EHCC: to every man a damsel

Job 3:3

KJV: Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
EHCC: There is a man child

Job 4:17

KJV: Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
EHCC: shall a man be more pure

Proverbs 6:34

KJV: For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
EHCC: jealousy (is) the rage of a man:

Isaiah 22:17

KJV: Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.will carry…: or, who covered thee with an excellent covering, and clothed thee gorgeously, (next verse) shall surely, etca mighty…: Heb. the captivity of a man
EHCC: carry thee away with a mighty captivity,

Jeremiah 17:5

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
EHCC: Cursed (be) the man that trusteth in man,

Jeremiah 22:30

KJV: Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
EHCC: a man (that) shall not prosper

Lamentations 3:1

KJV: I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
EHCC: 1 (am) the man (that) hath seen

Daniel 8:15

KJV: And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
EHCC: as the appearance of a man.

Joel 2:8

KJV: Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.sword: or, dart
EHCC: they shall walk every one

Micah 2:2

KJV: And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.oppress: or, defraud
EHCC: s0 they oppress a man

Habakkuk 2:5

KJV: Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:Yea…: or, How much more
EHCC: 6 proud man, .
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