Lexicon :: Strong's H1368 - gibôr

The Nephilim[fn] were on the earth both in those days and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.

Cush fathered Nimrod, who began to be powerful in the land.

“For the LORD your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God, showing no partiality and taking no bribe.

“Your wives, dependents, and livestock may remain in the land Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But your best soldiers must cross over in battle formation[fn] ahead of your brothers and help them

The LORD said to Joshua, “Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and its best soldiers over to you.

So Joshua and all the troops set out to attack Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand of his best soldiers and sent them out at night.

So Adoni-zedek and his people were[fn] greatly alarmed because Gibeon was a large city like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors.

So Joshua and all his troops, including all his best soldiers, came from Gilgal.

Then the survivors came down to the nobles;

the LORD’s people came down to me[fn] against the warriors.

“Curse Meroz,” says the angel of the LORD,

“Bitterly curse her inhabitants,

for they did not come to help the LORD,

to help the LORD with the warriors.”

Then the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, “The LORD is with you, valiant warrior.”

Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.

Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side. He was a prominent man of noble character from Elimelech’s family. His name was Boaz.

The bows of the warriors are broken,

but the feeble are clothed with strength.

There was a prominent man of Benjamin named Kish son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjaminite.

The conflict with the Philistines was fierce all of Saul’s days, so whenever Saul noticed any strong or valiant man, he enlisted him.

One of the young men answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is also a valiant man, a warrior, eloquent, handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword, pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.

The splendor of Israel lies slain on your heights.

How the mighty have fallen!

Mountains of Gilboa,

let no dew or rain be on you,

or fields of offerings,[fn]

for there the shield of the mighty was defiled —

the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle!

Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

How the mighty have fallen

and the weapons of war have perished!

David heard about it and sent Joab and all the elite troops.

He threw stones at David and at all the royal[fn] servants, the people and the warriors on David’s right and left.

Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.

“Then, even a brave man with the heart of a lion will lose heart[fn] because all Israel knows that your father and the valiant men with him are warriors.

So Joab’s men, the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors marched out under Abishai’s command;[fn] they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

With the faithful

you prove yourself faithful,

with the blameless

you prove yourself blameless,

These are the names of David’s warriors:

Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the officers.[fn] He wielded his spear[fn] against eight hundred men that he killed at one time.

So three of the warriors broke through the Philistine camp and drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem. They brought it back to David, but he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out to the LORD.

These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who had a reputation among the three warriors.

but the priest Zadok, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the prophet Nathan, Shimei, Rei, and David’s royal guard[fn] did not side with Adonijah.

but he did not invite the prophet Nathan, Benaiah, the royal guard, or his brother Solomon.

Now the man Jeroboam was capable, and Solomon noticed the young man because he was getting things done. So he appointed him over the entire labor force of the house of Joseph.

Naaman, commander of the army for the king of Aram, was a man important to his master and highly regarded because through him, the LORD had given victory to Aram. The man was a valiant warrior, but he had a skin disease.

Then Menahem exacted twenty ounces[fn] of silver from each of the prominent men of Israel to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not stay there in the land.

He deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the best soldiers ​— ​ten thousand captives including all the craftsmen and metalsmiths. Except for the poorest people of the land, no one remained.

The king of Babylon brought captive into Babylon all seven thousand of the best soldiers and one thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths ​— ​all strong and fit for war.

Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first to become a great warrior on earth.

These were the heads of their ancestral families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were valiant warriors, famous men, and heads of their ancestral houses.

Tola’s sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral families.[fn] During David’s reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as valiant warriors in their family records.

Their tribesmen who were valiant warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri ​— ​five. They were valiant warriors and heads of their ancestral families; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

Their family records were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral families ​— ​20,200 valiant warriors.

All these sons of Jediael listed by family heads were valiant warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.

All these were Asher’s descendants. They were the heads of their ancestral families, chosen men, valiant warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.