גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr · ghib-bore'
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
Lexicon
Derivation: or גִּבֹּר; (shortened) intensive from the same as H1397 (גֶּבֶר);
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
- powerful
- by implication, warrior, tyrant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: champion, chief, [idiom] excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גִּבּוֹר 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
159 occurrences · 159 OT · 0 NT · 89 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- mighty9 · 11%
- of the mighty9 · 11%
- mighty men9 · 11%
- of the mighty men8 · 10%
- the mighty4 · 5%
- a mighty man4 · 5%
- a mighty3 · 4%
- the mighty men3 · 4%
- how are the mighty3 · 4%
- and the mighty men3 · 4%
- and all the mighty men3 · 4%
- and a mighty2 · 2%
- was a mighty man2 · 2%
- men2 · 2%
- and her mighty men2 · 2%
- mighties2 · 2%
- among the mighty2 · 2%
- against the mighty2 · 2%
- as a mighty man2 · 2%
- the mighty man2 · 2%
- of a mighty man2 · 2%
- all the mighty1 · 1%
- he was a mighty1 · 1%
- a mighty one1 · 1%
- became mighty men1 · 1%
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.