Lexical Summary gibbor: strong, mighty Original Word: גִּבּוֹרTransliteration: gibbor Phonetic Spelling: (ghib-bore') Part of Speech: Adjective; noun masculine Short Definition: strong, mighty Meaning: powerful, warrior, tyrant Strong's Concordance champion, chief, excel, giant, man, mighty man, one, strong man, Or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}; intensive from the same as geber; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant -- champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man. see HEBREW geber Brown-Driver-Briggs H1368. gibbor גִּבּוֺר159 adjective strong, mighty (compare Arabic one who magnifies himself, behaves proudly, a tyrant, who is bold, audacious) — Genesis 10:9 5t.; גִּבֹּר 10:8 2t.; גִּבּוֺרָם 1 Samuel 17:51; plural גִּבּוֺרִים Jeremiah 46:9 27t.; גִּבֹּרִים Joshua 10:2 21t.; construct גִּבּוֺרֵי 1 Chronicles 11:27 29t.; גִּבֹּרֵי 9:26 4t.; suffix גִּבּוֺרֶיךָ Hosea 10:13 + (variant reading suffixes 11 t.); — 1. adjective בַּבְּהֵמָה גִּבּוֺר mightiest among beasts Proverbs 30:30; גִּבּוֺר אִישׁ 1 Samuel 14:52; בָּאָרֶץ גִּבּוֺר Psalm 112:2; צַיִד גִּבּוֺר mighty in hunting Genesis 10:9 (J); גבור מלך Daniel 11:3; גִּבּוֺר אֵל the Messiah Isaiah 9:5; attribute of God especially as fighting for his people Psalm 24:8 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 10:17; Nehemiah 9:32; Isaiah 10:21; Jeremiah 32:18 (compare Arabic ). 2. noun masculine strong, valiant man Joshua 10:2 (E) Genesis 6:4; 10:8(J) Judges 5:13, 23; 1 Samuel 2:4 16t. 1 Kings 1:8, 10; 2 Kings 24:16; 1 Chronicles 1:10-11t. Ezra 7:28; Job 16:14; Psalm 19:6; 33:16; 45:4; 52:3; 78:65; 89:20; 120:4; 127:4; Proverbs 16:32; 21:22; Song of Solomon 3:7 (twice in verse); 4:4; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 3:2; 13:3; 21:17; 42:13; 49:24-25, Jeremiah 5:16-17t. Ezekiel 32:12 5t. Hosea 10:13; Joel 2:7; Joel 4:9; Joel 4:10; Joel 4:11; Amos 2:14, 16; Obadiah 9; Nahum 2:4; Zephaniah 1:14; 3:17; Zechariah 9:13; 10:5, 7; compare phrases חיל גִּבּוֺר mighty man of valour Judges 6:12; 11:1; 1 Samuel 9:1; 16:18; 1 Kings 11:28; 2 Kings 5:1 (מְצֹרָ֑ע חַיִל גִּבּוֺר הָיָה וְהָאִישׁ so ᵐ5 and others; but ᵐ5L ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἦν λεπός, compare also Klo's dubious emendation), 1 Chronicles 12:28; 28:1; 2 Chronicles 13:3; 17:16-17, 25:6; 32:21; חיל גבור אישׁ Ruth 2:1; החיל גבורי Joshua 1:14 (D) 6:2; 10:7 (JE) 2 Kings 15:20; 24:14; החיל גבורי אישׁ Joshua 8:3; חיל גברי 1 Chronicles 5:24 14t. Nehemiah 11:14; חילים גבורי 1 Chronicles 7:5, 7, 11, 40; החילים גבורי 11:26; כח גברי Psalm 103:20; מלחמה גבורי2 Chronicles 13:3; השֹׁערים גברי 1 Chronicles 9:26; הגבורים בית Nehemiah 3:16; הגבורים (ה)צָבָא 2 Samuel 10:7; 1 Chronicles 19:8; הגברים ראשׁי 11:10; לשׁתות גבורים valiant to drink Isaiah 5:22. |
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