גָּבַר gavar
Hebrew word for “to prevail” · Strong’s H1396 · used 25 times in 24 verses
Meaning
1) to prevail, have strength, be strong, be powerful, be mighty, be great;
How it is translated
Glosses given for gavar in context, with how often each is used:
- strong 5
- will make strong 5
- increased 4
- prevailed 3
- will prevail 2
- have prevailed 1
- behaves proudly 1
- do they become strong? 1
- behaving proudly 1
- too strong 1
- has prevailed 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Zechariah | 2 | 0.6 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 7 (4), Zechariah 10 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Exodus 17 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 2 Samuel 1 (1), 2 Samuel 11 (1), 1 Chronicles 5 (1), Job 15 (1), Job 21 (1)
Forms
- גברו 8
- גבר 4
- ויגברו 2
- וגבר 2
- יגבר 2
- יתגבר 2
- יתגברו 1
- נגביר 1
- והגביר 1
- וגברתי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gavar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מַי mayim “water” 5
- יוֹסֵף yoseph “Joseph” 3
- קָלַל qalal “to lighten” 2
- שָׁמֵם shamem “be desolate” 2
- פֶּשַׁע pesah “transgression” 2
- לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 2
- כָּסָה kasah “to cover” 2
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 3
- מִן־ min “from” 3
- חַיִל chayil “strength” 2
- חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 2
- עַד ad “till” 3
Key verses
The verses using gavar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- 1 Chronicles 5:2 — For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)
- Job 15:25 — For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
- Job 21:7 — Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
- Psalms 65:3 — Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
- Psalms 103:11 — For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
- Isaiah 42:13 — The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
- Jeremiah 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know…
- Lamentations 1:16 — For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are…
- Daniel 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the…
- Zechariah 10:6 — And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they…
- Zechariah 10:12 — And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
See all 24 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.