גָּאוֹן
gâʼôwn · gaw-ohn'
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1342 (גָּאָה); the same as H1346 (גַּאֲוָה)xlit gaʻăvâh corrected to gaʼăvâh
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
- {arrogance or majesty
- by implication, (concretely) ornament}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To carry, to lift up of strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּאוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
49 occurrences · 49 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the pride5 · 12%
- and the pride4 · 9%
- pride3 · 7%
- of his majesty3 · 7%
- the excellency3 · 7%
- of the pride2 · 5%
- excellency2 · 5%
- and his pride2 · 5%
- from the swelling2 · 5%
- and the pomp2 · 5%
- of thine excellency1 · 2%
- of his excellency1 · 2%
- and here shall thy proud1 · 2%
- thyself now with majesty1 · 2%
- for us, the excellency1 · 2%
- in their pride1 · 2%
- and arrogancy1 · 2%
- shall be excellent1 · 2%
- and i will cause the arrogancy1 · 2%
- thy pomp1 · 2%
- for the majesty1 · 2%
- in the swelling1 · 2%
- it in majesty1 · 2%
- i will also make the pomp1 · 2%
- of thy pride1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.