גַּאֲוָה gaavah
Hebrew word for “pride” · Strong’s H1346 · used 19 times in 19 verses
Meaning
1) pride, majesty, a rising up; 1a) a rising up, swelling (of the sea); 1b) majesty (of Israel); 1c) pride, haughtiness
How it is translated
Glosses given for gaavah in context, with how often each is used:
- pride 11
- haughtiness 3
- majesty 2
- eminence 1
- swelling 1
- boastfulness 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 33 (2), Psalms 31 (2), Isaiah 13 (2), Job 41 (1), Psalms 10 (1), Psalms 36 (1), Psalms 46 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Psalms 73 (1), Proverbs 14 (1)
Forms
- גאוה 5
- גאותו 3
- גאותך 2
- בגאוה 2
- ובגאותו 1
- בגאות 1
- בגאותו 1
- גאות 1
- גאותי 1
- וגאות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gaavah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁפֵל shaphel “to abase” 3
- גָּאוֹן gaon “pride” 3
- עַלִּיז alliz “jubilant” 2
- שַׁחַק shachaq “cloud” 2
- עֵזֶר ezer “helper” 2
- רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 3
- מָגֵן magen “shield” 2
- מוֹאָב moav “Moab” 2
- שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 2
- קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 2
- מְאֹד meod “much” 2
- הַר har “mountain” 2
Key verses
The verses using gaavah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 33:26 — There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Deuteronomy 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies…
- Psalms 10:2 — The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- Psalms 31:18 — Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
- Psalms 31:23 — O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
- Psalms 36:11 — Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
- Psalms 73:6 — Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
- Proverbs 29:23 — A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
- Isaiah 9:9 — And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
- Isaiah 13:3 — I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
- Isaiah 13:11 — And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the…
- Zephaniah 3:11 — In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.