גֶּבֶר
geber · gheh'-ber
properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1396 (גָּבַר);
properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
- properly, a valiant man or warrior
- generally, a person simply
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: every one, man, [idiom] mighty.
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 גֶּבֶר 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
65 occurrences · 65 OT · 0 NT · 44 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- man8 · 16%
- a man6 · 12%
- is the man4 · 8%
- of a man4 · 8%
- and the man3 · 6%
- by man3 · 6%
- men2 · 4%
- for a man2 · 4%
- what man2 · 4%
- now ye that are men1 · 2%
- that were men1 · 2%
- unto a man1 · 2%
- neither shall a man1 · 2%
- man by man1 · 2%
- there is a man child1 · 2%
- why is light given to a man1 · 2%
- shall a man1 · 2%
- as man's1 · 2%
- but man1 · 2%
- if a man1 · 2%
- can a man1 · 2%
- from man1 · 2%
- with man1 · 2%
- like a man1 · 2%
- now like a man1 · 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.