Help QuickNav Adv. Options
ESV

ESV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H1397 - geḇer

Choose a new font size and typeface
גֶּבֶר
Transliteration
geḇer
Pronunciation
gheh'-ber
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 310a

Strong’s Definitions

גֶּבֶר geber, gheh'-ber; from H1396; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply:—every one, man, × mighty.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 68x

The KJV translates Strong's H1397 in the following manner: man (64x), mighty (2x), man child (1x), every one (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 68x
The KJV translates Strong's H1397 in the following manner: man (64x), mighty (2x), man child (1x), every one (1x).

  1. man, strong man, warrior (emphasising strength or ability to fight)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גֶּבֶר geber, gheh'-ber; from H1396; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply:—every one, man, × mighty.
STRONGS H1397: Abbreviations
I. גֶּ֫בֶר 66 noun masculine man (Late Hebrew id., MI16 גברן (plural), Aramaic H1400 גְּבַר, bdb014907; Assyrian gabru, rival is Akkadian loan-word according to SchrJLZ 1874, 200 DlS 120, Sm. Chald. Gen. 286) — Deuteronomy 22:5 + 39 times; גָּ֑בֶר Job 3:3 + 13 times; construct גְּבַּר [H1399 Psalm 18:26] (= 2 Samuel 22:26 גִּבּוֺר but Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version read גֶּבֶר); plural גְּבָרים Jeremiah 41:16 + 10 times; — man as strong, distinguished from women, children, and non-combatants whom he is to defend, chiefly poetic Exodus 10:11; Numbers 24:3, 15 (E) Exodus 12:37; Joshua 7:14, 17, 18 (J) Deuteronomy 22:5 (twice in verse); Judges 5:30; 2 Samuel 23:1; 1 Chronicles 23:3; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 1 Chronicles 26:12; Job 3:3 + 14 times Job; [H1399 Psalm 18:26] + 8 times Psalms; Proverbs 6:34 + 7 times Proverbs; Isaiah 22:17; Jeremiah 17:5 + 8 times Jeremiah; Lamentations 3:1, 27, 35, 39; Daniel 8:15; Micah 2:2; Habakkuk 2:5; Zechariah 13:7; also 1 Samuel 10:21 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; = each (of locusts) Joel 2:8, compare H376 אִישׁ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

10:11; 12:37

Numbers

24:3; 24:15

Deuteronomy

22:5; 22:5

Joshua

7:14; 7:17; 7:18

Judges

5:30

1 Samuel

10:21

2 Samuel

22:26; 23:1

1 Chronicles

23:3; 24:4; 26:12

Job

3:3; 3:3

Proverbs

6:34

Isaiah

22:17

Jeremiah

17:5; 41:16

Lamentations

3:1; 3:27; 3:35; 3:39

Daniel

8:15

Joel

2:8

Micah

2:2

Habakkuk

2:5

Zechariah

13:7

H1397

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1397 matches the Hebrew גֶּבֶר (geḇer),
which occurs 65 times in 64 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Jer 30:6–Zec 13:7)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 - Ask now, and see,
can a man bear a child?
Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor?
Why has every face turned pale?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you waver,
O faithless daughter?
For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encircles a man.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—soldiers, women, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from Gibeon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - the men, the women, the children, the princesses, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:20 - Then Jeremiah said to all the people, men and women, all the people who had given him this answer:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:1 - I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of his wrath;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:27 - It is good for a man that he bear
the yoke in his youth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 - to deny a man justice
in the presence of the Most High,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:39 - Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:15 - When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:8 - They do not jostle one another;
each marches in his path;
they burst through the weapons
and are not halted.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:2 - They covet fields and seize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5 - “Moreover, wine[fn] is a traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest.[fn]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death he has never enough.
He gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:7 - “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the LORD of hosts.
“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Search Results Continued...

1. LOAD PAGE 1 Exo 10:11–Jer 23:9

2. Currently on page 2/2 (Jer 30:6–Zec 13:7) Jer 30:6–Zec 13:7

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.