גָּבֶר gaver

Hebrew word for “great man” · Strong’s H1397 · used 65 times in 64 verses

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Meaning

man, strong man, warrior (emphasising strength or ability to fight)

How it is translated

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

• man 50
• men 11
• like a man 4

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Lamentations 3 (4), Joshua 7 (3), Job 34 (3), Numbers 24 (2), Job 3 (2), Job 14 (2), Job 33 (2), Proverbs 28 (2), Proverbs 30 (2), Jeremiah 17 (2)

Forms

• גבר 32
• הגבר 12
• הגברים 6
• לגברים 4
• לגבר 3
• כגבר 3
• וגבר 2
• מגבר 1
• וכגבר 1
• גברים 1

Words used with it

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

• אֶשֶׁר esher “blessed” 4
• חָלָץ chalats “loin” 3
• אָדָם adam “man” 6
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 5
• טַף taph “child” 3
• שָׁתַם shatam “to open” 2
• אֱלֹהַּ eloah “god” 3
• מִצְעָד mitsad “step” 2
• חָלַק chalaq “to divide” 3
• זַבְדִּי zavdi “Zabdi” 2
• נָא na “please” 4
• לָכַד lakhad “to capture” 3

Key verses

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

• Job 14:14 — If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
• Psalms 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
• Psalms 52:7 — Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
• Psalms 94:12 — Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
• Proverbs 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
• Jeremiah 17:5 — Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
• Jeremiah 17:7 — Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
• Jeremiah 31:22 — How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
• Lamentations 3:39 — Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
• Micah 2:2 — And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
• Habakkuk 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be…
• Zechariah 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and…

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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.