גָּבַרgâbar
גָּבַר: be strong, mighty
Pronunciation: gaw-bar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1396
Meanings
Qal
1. be strong, mighty (Job 21:7; 2 Samuel 1:24; Psalms 65:4)
2. prevail
b. prevail over (2 Samuel 11:23; Genesis 49:26; Psalms 103:11)
Pi`el: make strong, strengthen. (Zechariah 10:6; Zechariah 10:12; Ecclesiastes 10:10)
Hiph`il: confirm a covenant (Daniel 9:27; Psalms 12:5)
Hithpa`el: of ׳ י (Job 15:25; Isaiah 42:13; Job 36:9)
ᵑ7: be strong
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 25 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 7:18 As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface.
- Genesis 7:19 Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,
- Genesis 7:20 rising more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.
- Genesis 7:24 And the floodwaters covered the earth for 150 days.
- Genesis 49:26 May my fatherly blessings on you surpass the blessings of my ancestors, reaching to the heights of the eternal hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, who is a prince among his brothers.
- Exodus 17:11 As long as Moses held up the staff in his hand, the Israelites had the advantage. But whenever he dropped his hand, the Amalekites gained the advantage.
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).