גִּבּוֹר gibbor

Hebrew word for “mighty man” · Strong’s H1368 · used 159 times in 152 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for gibbor in context, with how often each is used:

• mighty men 39
• warriors 38
• mighty man 20
• mighty 17
• warrior 16
• mighty ones 9
• like a warrior 5
• among the warriors 2
• mighty person 2
• like warriors 2
• among the mighty ones 1
• like a mighty man 1

Where it is used

Also in 17 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Chronicles 12 (7), 1 Chronicles 7 (6), 1 Chronicles 11 (6), 2 Samuel 1 (5), 2 Samuel 23 (5), 2 Chronicles 17 (4), Jeremiah 46 (4), Jeremiah 51 (3), Ezekiel 32 (3), Joel 3 (3)

Forms

• גבור 40
• גבורי 29
• הגברים 14
• גבורים 13
• כגבור 8
• הגבורים 7
• גברים 6
• הגבור 5
• בגבורים 4
• גברי 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gibbor more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חַיִל chayil “strength” 49
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 25
• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 22
• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 18
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 18
• דָּוִד david “David” 20
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 15
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 15
• אָב av “father” 18
• עִם im “with” 17
• קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 9
• אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 14

Key verses

The verses using gibbor that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 10:17 — For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
• 2 Chronicles 32:21 — And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with…
• Nehemiah 9:32 — Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath…
• Psalms 33:16 — There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
• Psalms 52:1 — [To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.] Why…
• Psalms 103:20 — Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
• Ecclesiastes 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of…
• Isaiah 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The…
• Jeremiah 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
• Zephaniah 1:14 — The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
• Zephaniah 3:17 — The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
• Zechariah 10:5 — And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with 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.