גָּאוֹן gaon
Hebrew word for “pride” · Strong’s H1347 · used 49 times in 45 verses
Meaning
1) exaltation, majesty, pride;
How it is translated
Glosses given for gaon in context, with how often each is used:
- pride 31
- majesty 9
- thickets 3
- exaltation 2
- arrogance 1
- thicket 1
- prides 1
- like the majesty 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 12 | 0.7 | |
| Ezekiel | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Jeremiah | 7 | 0.3 | |
| Job | 4 | 0.5 | |
| Zechariah | 3 | 1.0 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Hosea | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Amos | 2 | 1.0 | |
| Nahum | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 2 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 2 (3), Isaiah 13 (2), Ezekiel 7 (2), Ezekiel 16 (2), Ezekiel 30 (2), Exodus 15 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Job 35 (1), Job 37 (1), Job 38 (1)
Forms
- גאון 26
- בגאון 5
- גאונו 3
- לגאון 3
- גאונך 2
- וגאונו 2
- מגאון 2
- בגאונם 1
- וגאון 1
- גאנו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gaon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֹז oz “strength” 6
- הָדָר hadar “glory” 4
- צְבִי tsevi “beauty” 4
- שָׁבַת shavat “to cease” 4
- גֹּבַהּ govah “height” 3
- גַּאֲוָה gaavah “pride” 3
- רָעָה raah “to pasture” 4
- יַרְדֵּן yarden “Jordan” 4
- סְדֹם sedom “Sodom” 3
- פַּחַד pachad “dread” 3
- צוּר tsur “rock” 3
- יַעֲקֹב yaaqov “Jacob” 4
Key verses
The verses using gaon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Proverbs 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
- Proverbs 16:18 — Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- Isaiah 2:19 — And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to…
- Isaiah 4:2 — In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of…
- Isaiah 13:19 — And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 23:9 — The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
- Jeremiah 49:19 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who…
- Ezekiel 7:20 — As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have…
- Ezekiel 16:49 — Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she…
- Ezekiel 24:21 — Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and…
- Micah 5:4 — And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto…
- Zechariah 11:3 — There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
See all 45 verses in the Word Atlas
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.