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Lexicon :: Strong's H1368 - gibôr

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גִּבּוֹר
Transliteration
gibôr
Pronunciation
ghib-bore'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Intensive from גָּבַר (H1396)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 310b

Strong’s Definitions

גִּבּוֹר gibbôwr, ghib-bore'; or גִּבֹּר gibbôr; (shortened) intensive from the same as H1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant:—champion, chief, × excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 158x

The KJV translates Strong's H1368 in the following manner: mighty (63x), mighty man (68x), strong (4x), valiant (3x), .... ones (4x), mighties (2x), man (2x), valiant men (2x), strong man (1x), upright man (1x), champion (1x), chief (1x), excel (1x), giant (1x), men's (1x), mightiest (1x), strongest (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 158x
The KJV translates Strong's H1368 in the following manner: mighty (63x), mighty man (68x), strong (4x), valiant (3x), .... ones (4x), mighties (2x), man (2x), valiant men (2x), strong man (1x), upright man (1x), champion (1x), chief (1x), excel (1x), giant (1x), men's (1x), mightiest (1x), strongest (1x).
adjective

  1. strong, mighty

    masculine noun

  2. strong man, brave man, mighty man

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גִּבּוֹר gibbôwr, ghib-bore'; or גִּבֹּר gibbôr; (shortened) intensive from the same as H1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant:—champion, chief, × excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
STRONGS H1368: Abbreviations
גִּבּוֺר 159 adjective strong, mighty (compare Arabic جَبَّارً one who magnifies himself, behaves proudly, a tyrant, who is bold, audacious) — Genesis 10:9 5 times; גִּבֹּר Genesis 10:8 2 times; גִּבּוֺרָם 1 Samuel 17:51; plural גִּבּוֺרִים Jeremiah 46:9 27 times; גִּבֹּרִים Joshua 10:2 21 times; construct גִּבּוֺרֵי 1 Chronicles 11:27 29 times; גִּבֹּרֵי 1 Chronicles 9:26 4 times; suffix גִּבּוֺרֶיךָ Hosea 10:13 + (variant reading suffixes 11 times); —
1. adjective גִּבּוֺר בַּבְּהֵמָה mightiest among beasts Proverbs 30:30; אִישׁ גִּבּוֺר 1 Samuel 14:52; גִּבּוֺר בָּאָרֶץ Psalm 112:2; גִּבּוֺר צַיִד mighty in hunting Genesis 10:9 (J); מלך גבור Daniel 11:3; אֵל גִּבּוֺר the Messiah Isaiah 9:5; attribute of God especially as fighting for his people Psalm 24:8 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 10:17; Nehemiah 9:32; Isaiah 10:21; Jeremiah 32:18 (compare Arabic الكَبَّارُ).
2. noun masculine strong, valiant man Joshua 10:2 (E) Genesis 6:4; Genesis 10:8(J) Judges 5:13,23; 1 Samuel 2:4 16 times 1 Kings 1:8,10; 2 Kings 24:16; 1 Chronicles 1:10 11 times Ezra 7:28; Job 16:14; Psalm 19:6; Psalm 33:16; Psalm 45:4; Psalm 52:3; Psalm 78:65; Psalm 89:20; Psalm 120:4; Psalm 127:4; Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 21:22; Songs 3:7 (twice in verse); Songs 4:4; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 3:2; Isaiah 13:3; Isaiah 21:17; Isaiah 42:13; Isaiah 49:24,25; Jeremiah 5:16 17 times Ezekiel 32:12 5 times Hosea 10:13; Joel 2:7; Joel 4:9; Joel 4:10; Joel 4:11; Amos 2:14,16; Obadiah 9; Nahum 2:4; Zephaniah 1:14; Zephaniah 3:17; Zechariah 9:13; Zechariah 10:5,7; compare phrases גִּבּוֺר חיל mighty man of valour Judges 6:12; Judges 11:1; 1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Kings 11:28; 2 Kings 5:1 (וְהָאִישׁ הָיָה גִּבּוֺר חַיִל מְצֹרָ֑ע so Greek Version of the LXX and others; but LXX of Lucian (Lag.) ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἦν λεπός, compare also Klo's dubious emendation), 1 Chronicles 12:28; 1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 13:3; 17:16,17; 25:6; 32:21; אישׁ גבור חיל Ruth 2:1; גבורי החיל Joshua 1:14 (D) Joshua 6:2; Joshua 10:7 (JE) 2 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 24:14; אישׁ גבורי החיל Joshua 8:3; גברי חיל 1 Chronicles 5:24 14 times Nehemiah 11:14; גבורי חילים 1 Chronicles 7:5,7,11,40; גבורי החילים 1 Chronicles 11:26; גברי כח Psalm 103:20; גבורי מלחמה 2 Chronicles 13:3; גברי השֹׁערים 1 Chronicles 9:26; בית הגבורים Nehemiah 3:16; (ה)צָבָא הגבורים 2 Samuel 10:7; 1 Chronicles 19:8; ראשׁי הגברים 1 Chronicles 11:10; גבורים לשׁתות valiant to drink Isaiah 5:22.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:4; 10:8; 10:8; 10:9; 10:9

Deuteronomy

10:17

Joshua

1:14; 6:2; 8:3; 10:2; 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

10:7

1 Kings

1:8; 1:10; 11:28

2 Kings

5:1; 15:20; 24:14; 24:16

1 Chronicles

1:10; 5:24; 7:5; 7:7; 7:11; 7:40; 9:26; 9:26; 11:10; 11:26; 11:27; 12:28; 19:8; 28:1

2 Chronicles

13:3; 13:3; 17:16; 17:17; 25:6; 32:21

Ezra

7:28

Nehemiah

3:16; 9:32; 11:14

Job

16:14

Psalms

19:6; 24:8; 33:16; 45:4; 52:3; 78:65; 89:20; 103:20; 112:2; 120:4; 127:4

Proverbs

16:32; 21:22; 30:30

Ecclesiastes

9:11

Song of Songs

3:7; 4:4

Isaiah

3:2; 5:22; 9:5; 10:21; 13:3; 21:17; 42:13; 49:24; 49:25

Jeremiah

5:16; 32:18; 46:9

Ezekiel

32:12

Daniel

11:3

Hosea

10:13; 10:13

Joel

2:7

Amos

2:14; 2:16

Obadiah

1:9

Nahum

2:4

Zephaniah

1:14; 3:17

Zechariah

9:13; 10:5; 10:7

H1368

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Strong's Number H1368 matches the Hebrew גִּבּוֹר (gibôr),
which occurs 160 times in 152 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 6:4–1Ch 7:40)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:4 - The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - Cush was the father[fn] of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:9 - He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:17 - For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:14 - Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites. You are to help them

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:3 - So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:7 - So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his entire army, including all the best fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:13 - “The remnant of the nobles came down; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the LORD. ‘Curse its people bitterly, because they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:12 - When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, he said, “The LORD is with you, mighty warrior.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 - Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:1 - Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelek, whose name was Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:4 - “The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1 - There was a Benjamite, a man of standing, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bekorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:52 - All the days of Saul there was bitter war with the Philistines, and whenever Saul saw a mighty or brave man, he took him into his service.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the LORD is with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51 - David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - “A gazelle[fn] lies slain on your heights, Israel. How the mighty have fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - “Mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields.[fn] For there the shield of the mighty was despised, the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - “From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - “How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:27 - “How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:7 - On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - He pelted David and all the king’s officials with stones, though all the troops and the special guard were on David’s right and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:8 - You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Besides, your father is an experienced fighter; he will not spend the night with the troops.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:10 - Then even the bravest soldier, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a fighter and that those with him are brave.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So Joab’s men and the Kerethites and Pelethites and all the mighty warriors went out under the command of Abishai. They marched out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bikri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:26 - “To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:8 - These are the names of David’s mighty warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth,[fn] a Tahkemonite,[fn] was chief of the Three; he raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed[fn] in one encounter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:9 - Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty warriors, he was with David when they taunted the Philistines gathered at Pas Dammim[fn] for battle. Then the Israelites retreated,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the three mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - “Far be it from me, LORD, to do this!” he said. “Is it not the blood of men who went at the risk of their lives?” And David would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:22 - Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei and David’s special guard did not join Adonijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:10 - but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his brother Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:28 - Now Jeroboam was a man of standing, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - Menahem exacted this money from Israel. Every wealthy person had to contribute fifty shekels[fn] of silver to be given to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and stayed in the land no longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - Cush was the father[fn] of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:24 - These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel—heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered 22,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5 - The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:7 - The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families—five in all. Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9 - Their genealogical record listed the heads of families and 20,200 fighting men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - All these were descendants of Asher—heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000.

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