Strong's Lexicon

H1399

H1399 — גְּבַר

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

Hebrewgbarnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 310a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1399
Word:גְּבַר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1396, the same as H1397
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:gbar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gheb-ar'
Meaning:1. a person
KJV Renderings:man.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

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.


BDB9400

גְּבַר21 noun masculine man (Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳ נ Dan 2:25; Dan 5:11 plural absolute גֻּבְרִין (K§ 54, 3 e) Dan 3:24; Dan 3:25, also, = certain ones, Dan 3:8 Dan 3:12 Dan 3:20 emphatic גֻּבְרַיָּא Ezra 4:21; Ezra 5:4; Ezra 5:10; Ezra 6:8; Dan 3:12 + 9 t. Daniel.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גבר (g’var)

Psalms 18:25

KJV: With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
EHCC: ( 26). with an upright man
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