גָּבַר
gâbar · gaw-bar'
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
- to be strong
- by implication, to prevail, act insolently
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.
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
- 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 › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּבַר 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- prevailed8 · 32%
- prevail3 · 12%
- and i will strengthen2 · 8%
- have prevailed1 · 4%
- they were stronger1 · 4%
- and strengtheneth1 · 4%
- yea, are mighty1 · 4%
- that they have exceeded1 · 4%
- will we prevail1 · 4%
- so great1 · 4%
- is great1 · 4%
- then must he put1 · 4%
- he shall prevail1 · 4%
- but they are not valiant1 · 4%
- and he shall confirm1 · 4%
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.