גְּבוּרָהgᵉbûwrâh
strength, might
Pronunciation: gheb-oo-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1369
Meanings
1. strength (Job 39:19; Psalms 147:10; Job 41:4)
2. might, valour (Judges 8:21; Proverbs 8:14; Isaiah 3:25)
3. might (Job 26:14; Psalms 21:14; Psalms 54:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 61 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 32:18 But Moses replied, “No, it’s not a shout of victory nor the wailing of defeat. I hear the sound of a celebration.”
- Deuteronomy 3:24 ‘O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?
- Judges 5:31 “Lord, may all your enemies die like Sisera! But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!” Then there was peace in the land for forty years.
- Judges 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Be a man! Kill us yourself!” So Gideon killed them both and took the royal ornaments from the necks of their camels.
- 1 Kings 15:23 The rest of the events in Asa’s reign—the extent of his power, everything he did, and the names of the cities he built—are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. In his old age his feet became diseased.
- 1 Kings 16:5 The rest of the events in Baasha’s reign and the extent of his power are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
See every passage
- Exodus 32:18
- Deuteronomy 3:24
- Judges 5:31, 8:21
- 1 Kings 15:23, 16:5, 16:27, 22:45
- 2 Kings 10:34, 13:8, 13:12, 14:15, 14:28, 18:20, 20:20
- 1 Chronicles 29:11, 29:12, 29:30
- 2 Chronicles 20:6
- Esther 10:2
- Job 12:13, 26:14, 39:19, 41:12
- Psalms 20:6, 21:13, 54:1, 65:6, 66:7, 71:16, 71:18, 80:2, 89:13, 90:10, 106:2, 106:8, 145:4, 145:11, 145:12, 147:10, 150:2
- Proverbs 8:14
- Ecclesiastes 9:16, 10:17
- Isaiah 3:25, 11:2, 28:6, 30:15, 33:13, 36:5, 63:15
- Jeremiah 9:23, 10:6, 16:21, 23:10, 49:35, 51:30
- Ezekiel 32:29, 32:30
- Micah 3:8, 7:16
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).