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גְּבַר gevar
Hebrew word for “man” · Strong’s H1400 · used 21 times in 20 verses
Meaning
a man, a certain (one); Aramaic of ge.ver (גֶּ֫בֶר "great man" H1397)
How it is translated
Glosses given for gevar in context, with how often each is used:
- men the 14
- men 5
- man 2
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 3 (10), Daniel 6 (4), Ezra 5 (2), Ezra 4 (1), Ezra 6 (1), Daniel 2 (1), Daniel 5 (1)
Forms
- גבריא 11
- גברין 4
- לגבריא 2
- גבר 2
- ולגברין 1
- וגבריא 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gevar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אִלֵּךְ illekh “these” 12
- דִּי di “that” 14
- לָא la “not” 9
- אֲמַר amar “to say” 9
- נוּר nur “fire” 7
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 10
- אֱדַיִן edayin “then” 8
- שַׁדְרַךְ shadrakh “Shadrach” 5
- מֵישַׁךְ meshakh “Meshach” 5
- עֲבֵד נְגוֹ aved nego “Abednego” 5
- כְּפַת kephat “to bind” 4
- אֱלָהּ elah “god” 6
Key verses
The verses using gevar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Ezra 6:8 — Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute…
- Daniel 2:25 — Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king…
- Daniel 3:8 — Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
- Daniel 3:12 — There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded…
- Daniel 3:13 — Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
- Daniel 3:22 — Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and…
- Daniel 3:23 — And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:24 — Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of…
- Daniel 3:25 — He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
- Daniel 3:27 — And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was…
- Daniel 5:11 — There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the…
- Daniel 6:24 — And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives;…
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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.