Lexical Definition

‎גֶּבֶר‎ geber (gheh'-ber) great man ^H:N-M
from ‎גָּבַר‎

every one, man, [idiom] mighty.

• properly, a valiant man or warrior
• generally, a person simply

1) man, strong man, warrior (emphasising strength or ability to fight)

See Greek: ἀνήρ · ἄνθρωπος · ἄῤῥην · δυνατός · κρεῖσσον · κρείττων

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎גֶּ֫בֶר‎₆₆ noun masculine man (Late Hebrew id., MI¹⁶ ‎גברן‎ (plural), Aramaic ‎גְּבַר‎, ; Assyrian gabru, rival is Akkadian Loan-word according to Schr^{JLZ 1874, 200} Dl^{S 120, Sm. Chald. Gen. 286}) — Deut 22:5 + 39 t.; ‎גָּ֑בֶר‎ Job 3:3 + 13 t.; construct ‎גְּבַּר‎ Ps 18:26* (= 2Sam 22:26 ‎גִּבּוֺר‎ but ᵐ5 ᵑ6 read ‎גֶּבֶר‎); plural ‎גְּבָרים‎ Jer 41:16 + 10 t.; — man as strong, distinguished from women, children, and non-combatants whom he is to defend, chiefly poetic Exod 10:11; Num 24:3; Num 24:15 (E) Exod 12:37; Josh 7:14; Josh 7:17; Josh 7:18 (J) Deut 22:5 (twice in verse); Judg 5:30; 2Sam 23:1; 1Chr 23:3; 1Chr 24:4; 1Chr 26:12; Job 3:3 + 14 t. Job; Ps 18:26* + 8 t. Psalms; Prov 6:34 + 7 t. Proverbs; Isa 22:17; Jer 17:5 + 8 t. Jeremiah; Lam 3:1; Lam 3:27; Lam 3:35; Lam 3:39; Dan 8:15; Mic 2:2; Hab 2:5; Zech 13:7 also 1Sam 10:21 ᵐ5 We Dr; = each (of locusts) Joel 2:8, compare ‎אישׁ‎.

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