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title: גַּאֲוָה — majesty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּאֲוָה (1346), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: majesty. BDB 1906: n.f. majesty, pride. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּאֲוָה

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«גַּאֲוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **majesty** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 1346 · **BDB:** גַּאֲוָה

### Glosses

pride (5); haughtiness (3); majesty (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

majesty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1346/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. majesty, pride [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1346/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. majesty, pride (cf. Syriac ܓܰܐܝܽܘܬܳܐ )—Jb 41:7 + 6 times; cstr. גַּאֲוַת Pr 29:23 + 2 times; sf. גַּאֲוָתִי Is 13:3 + 8 times;— rising up, swelling of the sea ψ 46:4. majesty, of Israel Dt 33:29, Moab Is 16:6 = Je 48:29, scales of crocodile Jb 41:7, of God Dt 33:26 ψ 68:35. pride, haughtiness ψ 10:2; 31:19, 24; 36:12; 73:6 Pr 14:3; 29:23 Is 9:8; 13:11; 25:11; עליזי גאותי my proudly exulting ones Is 13:3 cf. Zp 3:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּאֲוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1346/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.7/)

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גַּ֭אֲוָה אֲפִיקֵ֣י מָֽגִנִּ֑ים סָ֝ג֗וּר חוֹתָ֥ם צָֽר׃

*Word for word:* pride \[is\].rows of.shields \[it.is\].shut.up a.seal tight

*JPS 1917:* His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

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[Proverbs 29:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.23/)

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גַּאֲוַ֣ת אָ֭דָם תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ וּשְׁפַל־ר֝֗וּחַ יִתְמֹ֥ךְ כָּבֽוֹד׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].pride of.a.person it will.bring.him.low and a.\[person\].lowly of.spirit he.will.attain honor

*JPS 1917:* A man's pride shall bring him low; but he that is of a lowly spirit shall attain to honour.

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