גִּבּוֹרgibbôwr
strong, mighty
Pronunciation: ghib-bore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1368
Meanings
1. adjective (Proverbs 30:30; 1 Samuel 14:52; Psalms 112:2)
2. strong, valiant man (Joshua 10:2; Genesis 6:4; Genesis 10:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 159 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:4 In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.
- Genesis 10:8 Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.
- Genesis 10:9 Since he was the greatest hunter in the world, his name became proverbial. People would say, “This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world.”
- Deuteronomy 10:17 “For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed.
- Joshua 1:14 Your wives, children, and livestock may remain here in the land Moses assigned to you on the east side of the Jordan River. But your strong warriors, fully armed, must lead the other tribes across the Jordan to help them conquer their territory. Stay with them
- Joshua 6:2 But the Lord said to Joshua, “I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors.
See every passage
- Genesis 6:4, 10:8, 10:9
- Deuteronomy 10:17
- Joshua 1:14, 6:2, 8:3, 10:2, 10:7
- Judges 5:13, 5:23, 6:12, 11:1
- Ruth 2:1
- 1 Samuel 2:4, 9:1, 14:52, 16:18, 17:51
- 2 Samuel 1:19, 1:21, 1:22, 1:25, 1:27, 10:7, 16:6, 17:8, 17:10, 20:7, 22:26, 23:8, 23:9, 23:16, 23:17, 23:22
- 1 Kings 1:8, 1:10, 11:28
- 2 Kings 5:1, 15:20, 24:14, 24:16
- 1 Chronicles 1:10, 5:24, 7:2, 7:5, 7:7, 7:9, 7:11, 7:40, 8:40, 9:13, 9:26, 11:10, 11:11, 11:12, 11:19, 11:24, 11:26, 12:1, 12:4, 12:8, 12:21, 12:25, 12:28, 12:30, 19:8, 26:6, 26:31, 27:6, 28:1, 29:24
- 2 Chronicles 13:3, 14:8, 17:13, 17:14, 17:16, 17:17, 25:6, 26:12, 28:7, 32:3, 32:21
- Ezra 7:28
- Nehemiah 3:16, 9:32, 11:14
- Job 16:14
- Psalms 19:5, 24:8, 33:16, 45:3, 52:1, 78:65, 89:19, 103:20, 112:2, 120:4, 127:4
- Proverbs 16:32, 21:22, 30:30
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
- Song of Solomon 3:7, 4:4
- Isaiah 3:2, 5:22, 9:6, 10:21, 13:3, 21:17, 42:13, 49:24, 49:25
- Jeremiah 5:16, 9:23, 14:9, 20:11, 26:21, 32:18, 46:5, 46:6, 46:9, 46:12, 48:14, 48:41, 49:22, 50:9, 50:36, 51:30, 51:56, 51:57
- Ezekiel 32:12, 32:21, 32:27, 39:18, 39:20
- Daniel 11:3
- Hosea 10:13
- Joel 2:7, 3:9, 3:10, 3:11
- Amos 2:14, 2:16
- Obadiah 1:9
- Nahum 2:3
- Zephaniah 1:14, 3:17
- Zechariah 9:13, 10:5, 10:7
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).