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Lexicon :: Strong's H1397 - geḇer

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גֶּבֶר
Transliteration
geḇer
Pronunciation
gheh'-ber
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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.
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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

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1397 matches the Hebrew גֶּבֶר (geḇer),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:3 - “Let the day perish on which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A man is conceived.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:23 - Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
whom God has hedged in?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:17 - ‘Can mortal man be in the right before[fn] God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:5 - Are your days as the days of man,
or your years as a man’s years,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:10 - But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and where is he?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:14 - If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my service I would wait,
till my renewal[fn] should come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - that he would argue the case of a man with God,
as[fn] a son of man does with his neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:2 - “Can a man be profitable to God?
Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:17 - that he may turn man aside from his deed
and conceal pride from a man;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - “Behold, God does all these things,
twice, three times, with a man,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:7 - What man is like Job,
who drinks up scoffing like water,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:9 - For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
that he should take delight in God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:34 - Men of understanding will say to me,
and the wise man who hears me will say:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:3 - Dress for action[fn] like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:7 - “Dress for action[fn] like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.
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