Lexical Definition

‎גִּבּוֹר‎ gibbôwr (ghib-bore') mighty man ^H:N
or גִּבֹּר gibbôr (ghibbore'); (shortened) intensive from the same as ‎גֶּבֶר‎

champion, chief, [idiom] excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.

• powerful
• by implication, warrior, tyrant

adj
1) strong, mighty
n m
2) strong man, brave man, mighty man

See Greek: ἀνήρ · δύναμαι · δύναμις · δυνάστης · δυνατός · ἐπαίρω · ἰσχυρός · ἰσχύω · κραταιός

Extended Information

• adj
• n m

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גִּבּוֺר‎₁₅₉ adjective strong, mighty (compare Arabic one who magnifies himself, behaves proudly, a tyrant, who is bold, audacious) — Gen 10:9 + 5 t.; ‎גִּבֹּר‎ Gen 10:8 + 2 t.; ‎גִּבּוֺרָם‎ 1Sam 17:51 plural ‎גִּבּוֺרִים‎ Jer 46:9 + 27 t.; ‎גִּבֹּרִים‎ Josh 10:2 + 21 t.; construct ‎גִּבּוֺרֵי‎ 1Chr 11:27 + 29 t.; ‎גִּבֹּרֵי‎ 1Chr 9:26 + 4 t.; suffix ‎גִּבּוֺרֶיךָ‎ Hos 10:13 + (variant reading suffixes 11 t.); —

1. adjective ‎גִּבּוֺר בַּבְּהֵמָה‎ mightiest among beasts Prov 30:30 ‎אִישׁ גִּבּוֺר‎ 1Sam 14:52 ‎גִּבּוֺר בָּאָרֶץ‎ Ps 112:2 ‎גִּבּוֺר צַיִד‎ mighty in hunting Gen 10:9 (J); ‎מלך גבור‎ Dan 11:3 ‎אֵל גִּבּוֺר‎ the Messiah Isa 9:5* attribute of God especially as fighting for his people Ps 24:8 (twice in verse); Deut 10:17; Neh 9:32; Isa 10:21; Jer 32:18 (compare Arabic ).

2. noun masculine strong, valiant man Josh 10:2 (E) Gen 6:4; Gen 10:8(J) Judg 5:13; Judg 5:23; 1Sam 2:4 + 16 t. 1Kgs 1:8; 1Kgs 1:10; 2Kgs 24:16; 1Chr 1:10 + 11 t. Ezra 7:28; Job 16:14; Ps 19:6*; Ps 33:16; Ps 45:4*; Ps 52:3*; Ps 78:65; Ps 89:20*; Ps 120:4; Ps 127:4; Prov 16:32; Prov 21:22; Song 3:7 (twice in verse); Song 4:4; Eccl 9:11; Isa 3:2; Isa 13:3; Isa 21:17; Isa 42:13; Isa 49:24; Isa 49:25; Jer 5:16 + 17 t. Ezek 32:12 + 5 t. Hos 10:13; Joel 2:7; Joel 4:9*; Joel 4:10*; Joel 4:11*; Amos 2:14; Amos 2:16; Obad 1:9; Nah 2:4*; Zeph 1:14; Zeph 3:17; Zech 9:13; Zech 10:5; Zech 10:7 compare phrases ‎גִּבּוֺר חיל‎ mighty man of valour Judg 6:12; Judg 11:1; 1Sam 9:1; 1Sam 16:18; 1Kgs 11:28; 2Kgs 5:1 (‎וְהָאִישׁ הָיָה גִּבּוֺר‎ ‎חַיִל מְצֹרָ֑ע‎ so ᵐ5 and others; but ᵐ5^L ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἦν λεπός, compare also Klo's dubious emendation), 1Chr 12:28*; 1Chr 28:1; 1Chr 2:3; 1Chr 17:16; 1Chr 17:17; 1Chr 25:6; 1Chr 32:21 ‎אישׁ גבור חיל‎ Ruth 2:1 ‎גבורי החיל‎ Josh 1:14 (D) Josh 6:2; Josh 10:7 (JE) 2Kgs 15:20; 2Kgs 24:14 ‎אישׁ גבורי החיל‎ Josh 8:3 ‎גברי חיל‎ 1Chr 5:24 + 14 t. Neh 11:14 ‎גבורי חילים‎ 1Chr 7:5; 1Chr 7:7; 1Chr 7:11; 1Chr 7:40 ‎גבורי החילים‎ 1Chr 11:26 ‎גברי כח‎ Ps 103:20 ‎גבורי מלחמה‎ 2Chr 13:3 ‎גברי השֹׁערים‎ 1Chr 9:26 ‎בית הגבורים‎ Neh 3:16 ‎(ה)צָבָא‎ ‎הגבורים‎ 2Sam 10:7; 1Chr 19:8 ‎ראשׁי הגברים‎ 1Chr 11:10 ‎גבורים לשׁתות‎ valiant to drink Isa 5:22.

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