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Lexicon :: Strong's H1347 - gā'ôn

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גָּאוֹן
Transliteration
gā'ôn
Pronunciation
gaw-ohn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 299e

Strong’s Definitions

גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn, gaw-ohn'; from H1342; the same as H1346:—arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H1347 in the following manner: pride (20x), excellency (10x), majesty (7x), pomp (5x), swelling (3x), arrogancy (2x), excellent (1x), proud (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H1347 in the following manner: pride (20x), excellency (10x), majesty (7x), pomp (5x), swelling (3x), arrogancy (2x), excellent (1x), proud (1x).

  1. exaltation, majesty, pride

    1. majesty, exaltation, excellence

      1. of nations

      2. of God

      3. of the Jordan

    2. pride, arrogance (bad sense)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn, gaw-ohn'; from H1342; the same as H1346:—arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.
STRONGS H1347: Abbreviations
† גָּאוֺן noun masculineHosea 5:5 exaltation — Job 40:10 + 5 times; construct גְּאוֺן Leviticus 26:19 + 31 times; suffix גְּאוֺנְךָ etc. Exodus 15:7 + 9 times; plural suffix גְּאוֺנָ֑יִךְ Ezekiel 16:56; —
1. exaltation, majesty, excellence,
a. of nations, their wealth, power, magnificence of buildings, e.g. Egypt Ezekiel 32:12, Chaldeans Isaiah 13:11, 19; Isaiah 14:11, Philistines Zechariah 9:6, Assyria Zechariah 10:11, Jacob Psalm 47:5; Amos 6:8; Amos 8:7; Nahum 2:3, Israel Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10 (probably appellation of י׳), Nahum 2:3, Judah Jeremiah 13:9, Jerusalem Jeremiah 13:9; Ezekiel 16:56; גְּאוֺן עֻזָּהּ pride of her strength Ezekiel 30:6, 18; Ezekiel 33:28; גאון עזים Ezekiel 7:24 (but Greek Version of the LXX Ew Hi Co read עזם); גאון עזכם Leviticus 26:19; Ezekiel 24:21; the fruit of land of Judah will become לגאון ולתפארת majestic and beautiful Isaiah 4:2; גאון כל צבי the majesty of all the splendour (of Tyre) Isaiah 23:9; Zion is to become גאון עולם an everlasting excellency Isaiah 60:15.
b. of God Exodus 15:7; Isaiah 24:14; Micah 5:3; הֲדַר גְּאֹנוֺ Isaiah 2:10, 19, 21; יַרְעֵם בְּקוֺל גְּאוֺנוֺ Job 37:4; עֲדֵה נָא גָּאוֺן וָגֹבַהּ Job 40:10.
c. גאון הירדן majesty of Jordan, referring to the green and shady banks, clothed with willows, tamarisks, and cane, in which the lions made their covert Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44; Zechariah 11:3, and therefore dangerous Jeremiah 12:5 (Ew thinks of the swelling of its agitated waters); גְּאוֺן גַּלֶּיךָ majesty of thy waves Job 38:11.
2. pride (bad sense) Job 35:12; Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 7:20; Ezekiel 16:49; Zephaniah 2:10; of Moab Isaiah 16:6 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 48:29 (twice in verse).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:7; 15:7

Leviticus

26:19; 26:19

Job

35:12; 37:4; 38:11; 40:10; 40:10

Psalms

47:5; 59:13

Proverbs

8:13; 16:18

Isaiah

2:10; 2:19; 2:21; 4:2; 13:11; 13:19; 14:11; 16:6; 23:9; 24:14; 60:15

Jeremiah

12:5; 13:9; 13:9; 48:29; 49:19; 50:44

Ezekiel

7:20; 7:24; 16:49; 16:56; 16:56; 24:21; 30:6; 30:18; 32:12; 33:28

Hosea

5:5; 5:5; 7:10

Amos

6:8; 8:7

Micah

5:3

Nahum

2:3; 2:3

Zephaniah

2:10

Zechariah

9:6; 10:11; 11:3

H1347

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Strong's Number H1347 matches the Hebrew גָּאוֹן (gā'ôn),
which occurs 49 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 - And in the abundance of Thine excellency Thou throwest down Thy withstanders, Thou sendest forth Thy wrath -- It consumeth them as stubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:19 - and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:12 - There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:4 - After it roar doth a voice -- He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:10 - Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:4 - He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13 - The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:18 - Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10 - Enter into a rock, and be hidden in dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - And men have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:2 - In that day is the Shoot of Jehovah for desire and for honour, And the fruit of the earth For excellence and for beauty to the escaped of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, The glory, the excellency of the Chaldeans, Hath been as overthrown by God, With Sodom and with Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:6 - We have heard of the pride of Moab -- very proud, His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath, Not right are his devices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 - Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled it, To pollute the excellency of all beauty, To make light all the honoured of earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:14 - They -- they lift up their voice, They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:15 - Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, And none passing through, I have made thee for an excellency age-during, A joy of generation and generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - For -- with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, In which thou art confident -- And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:9 - Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:29 - We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Exceeding proud! His haughtiness, and his arrogance, And his pride, and the height of his heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause him to run from off her, And who is chosen? concerning her I lay a charge, For who is like Me? and who conveneth Me? And who is this shepherd who standeth before Me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause them to run from off her. And who is chosen? on her I lay a charge, For who is like Me? And who doth convene Me? And who is this shepherd who standeth before Me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - As to the beauty of his ornament, For excellency He set it, And the images of their abominations, Their detestable things -- they made in it, Therefore I have given it to them for impurity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24 - And I have brought in the wicked of the nations, And they have possessed their houses, And I have caused to cease the excellency of the strong, And polluted have been those sanctifying them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49 - Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:56

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - And thy sister Sodom hath not been for a report in thy mouth, In the day of thine arrogancy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - Say to the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am polluting My sanctuary, The excellency of your strength, The desire of your eyes, and the pitied of your soul, And your sons and your daughters whom ye have left, by sword they do fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6 - Thus said Jehovah: And -- fallen have supporters of Egypt, And come down hath the arrogance of her strength, From Migdol to Syene, by sword they fall in her, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:18 - And in Tehaphnehes hath the day been dark, In My breaking there the yokes of Egypt, And ceased in her hath the excellency of her strength, She -- a cloud doth cover her, And her daughters into captivity do go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - By swords of the mighty I cause thy multitude to fall, The terrible of nations -- all of them, And they have spoiled the excellency of Egypt, And destroyed hath been all her multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28 - And I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, And ceased hath the excellency of its strength, And desolated have been mountains of Israel, Without any one passing through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 - And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10 - And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought Him for all this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by Himself, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts: I am abominating the excellency of Jacob, And his high places I have hated, And I have delivered up the city and its fulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:7 - Sworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: 'I forget not for ever any of their works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 - And he hath stood and delighted in the strength of Jehovah, In the excellency of the name of Jehovah his God, And they have remained, For now he is great unto the ends of earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:2 - For turned back hath Jehovah to the excellency of Jacob, As to the excellency of Israel, For emptied them out have emptiers, And their branches they have marred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - This is to them for their arrogancy, Because they have reproached, And they magnify themselves against the people of Jehovah of Hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:6 - And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - And He hath passed over through the sea, And hath pressed and smitten billows in the sea, And dried up have been all depths of a flood, And brought down hath been the excellency of Asshur, And the rod of Egypt doth turn aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 - A voice of the howling of the shepherds! For destroyed was their robe of honour, A voice of the roaring of young lions! For destroyed was the excellency of Jordan.
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