גְּבוּרָה
gᵉbûwrâh · gheb-oo-raw'
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle from the same as H1368 (גִּבּוֹר);
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
- force (literally or figuratively)
- by implication, valor, victory
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּבוּרָה 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
61 occurrences · 61 OT · 0 NT · 50 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and his might8 · 20%
- and all his might3 · 7%
- and strength3 · 7%
- and might3 · 7%
- in his might2 · 5%
- strength2 · 5%
- of their might2 · 5%
- for mastery1 · 2%
- and according to thy might1 · 2%
- is, so is his strength1 · 2%
- and the power1 · 2%
- and of his might1 · 2%
- of his power1 · 2%
- nor his power1 · 2%
- thy power1 · 2%
- me by thy strength1 · 2%
- with power1 · 2%
- by his power1 · 2%
- the strength1 · 2%
- and thy power1 · 2%
- thy strength1 · 2%
- thou hast a mighty1 · 2%
- and if by reason of strength1 · 2%
- the mighty acts1 · 2%
- sake, that he might make his mighty power1 · 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.