גְּבוּרָה gevurah

Hebrew word for “might” · Strong’s H1369 · used 61 times in 61 verses

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Meaning

1) strength, might; 1a) strength;

How it is translated

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

• strength 26
• might 23
• mighty deeds 8
• strengths 2
• like mighty deeds 1
• more than strength 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Chronicles 29 (3), Psalms 145 (3), 1 Kings 16 (2), 2 Kings 13 (2), 2 Kings 14 (2), Psalms 71 (2), Psalms 106 (2), Ezekiel 32 (2), Exodus 32 (1), Deuteronomy 3 (1)

Forms

• וגבורתו 9
• וגבורה 7
• גבורתו 5
• גבורה 4
• גבורתך 3
• בגבורה 3
• וגבורתך 3
• גבורתם 3
• גבורות 2
• בגברות 2

Words used with it

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

• יֶתֶר yeter “remainder” 10
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 11
• כָּתַב katav “to write” 11
• דָּבָר davar “word” 16
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 12
• עֵצָה etsah “counsel” 5
• לָחַם lacham “to fight” 5
• עִם im “with” 7
• מִי mi “who?” 5
• כֹּחַ koach “strength” 4
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 6
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 5

Key verses

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

• Judges 5:31 — So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
• 1 Chronicles 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine…
• 1 Chronicles 29:12 — Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give…
• 2 Chronicles 20:6 — And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power…
• Psalms 21:13 — Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
• Psalms 71:18 — Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
• Isaiah 11:2 — And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the…
• Isaiah 30:15 — For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye…
• Isaiah 63:15 — Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of…
• 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:
• Jeremiah 10:6 — Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
• Micah 3:8 — But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

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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.