גֵּוָהgêvâh

גֵּוָה: pride

Pronunciation: gay-vaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1466

Meanings

1. pride (Job 33:17; Jeremiah 13:17)

2. lifting up (Job 22:29)

גֵּוָה: see below גאה

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Job 22:29 If people are in trouble and you say, ‘Help them,’ God will save them.
  • Job 33:17 He makes them turn from doing wrong; he keeps them from pride.
  • Jeremiah 13:17 And if you still refuse to listen, I will weep alone because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the Lord’s flock will be led away into exile.

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).