גָּבֶר
ga.vergreat manHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine66 occurrences18 books65 verses
Definition
from H1396; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
Traditional renderings: every one, man, × mighty.
Traditional renderings: every one, man, × mighty.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גָּבֶר:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
66 total
- Jeremiah 22:30גֶּ֖בֶר · a manThis is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
- Jeremiah 23:9וּכְגֶ֖בֶר · like a manAs for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
- Jeremiah 30:6גֶּ֜בֶר · manAsk now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
- Jeremiah 31:22גָּֽבֶר׃ס · a manHow long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”
- Jeremiah 41:16גְּבָרִ֞ים · the soldiersThen Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.
- Jeremiah 43:6הַ֠גְּבָרִים · the men…the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
- Jeremiah 44:20הַגְּבָרִ֤ים · both menThen Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
- Lamentations 3:1הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ · am the manI am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
- Lamentations 3:27לַגֶּ֔בֶר · for a manIt is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
- Lamentations 3:35גָּ֔בֶר · a man…to deny a man justice before the Most High,
- Lamentations 3:39גֶּ֖בֶר · [his]Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
- Daniel 8:15גָֽבֶר׃ · of a manWhile I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
- Joel 2:8גֶּ֥בֶר · eachThey do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
- Micah 2:2גֶּ֣בֶר · a manThey covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
- Habakkuk 2:5גֶּ֥בֶר · man…and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
- Zechariah 13:7גֶּ֣בֶר · the manAwake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.