--- title: גָּאוֹן — exaltation · The Tanakh dictionary description: גָּאוֹן (1347), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 49 times: exaltation. BDB 1906: n.m. exaltation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1347.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490.md)‎ / גָּאוֹן‎ # גָּאוֹן «גָּאוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exaltation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 49 times · **Key:** 1347 · **BDB:** גָּאוֹן ### Glosses the.pride (18); pride (8); \[the\].pride (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) exaltation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1347/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. exaltation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1347/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ho 5:5 exaltation—Jb 40:10 + 5 times; cstr. גְּאוֹן Lv 26:19 + 31 times; sf. גְּאוֹנְךָ etc. Ex 15:7 + 9 times; pl. sf. גְּאוֹנָ֑יִךְ Ez 16:56;— exaltation, majesty, excellence, of nations, their wealth, power, magnificence of buildings, e.g. Egypt Ez 32:12, Chaldeans Is 13:11, 19; 14:11, Philistines Zc 9:6, Assyria Zc 10:11, Jacob; ψ 47:5 Am 6:8; 8:7 Na 2:3, Israel Ho 5:5; 7:10 (prob. appellation of י׳), Na 2:3, Judah Je 13:9, Jerusalem v 9 Ez 16:56; גְּאוֹן עֻזָּהּ pride of her strength Ez 30:6, 18; 33:28; גאון עזים Ez 7:24 (but 𝔊 Ew Hi Co read עזם); גאון עזכם Lv 26:19; Ez 24:21; the fruit of land of Judah will become לגאון ולתפארת majestic and beautiful Is 4:2; גאון כל צבי the majesty of all the splendour (of Tyre) Is 23:9; Zion is to become גאון עולם an everlasting excellency Is 60:15. of God Ex 15:7; Is 24:14; Mi 5:3; הֲדַר גְּאֹנוֹ Is 2:10, 19, 21; יַרְעֵם בְּקוֹל גְּאוֹנוֹ Jb 37:4; עֲדֵה נָא גָּאוֹן וָגֹבַהּ Jb 40:10. גאון הירדן majesty of the Jordan, referring to the green and shady banks, clothed with willows, tamarisks, and cane, in which the lions made their covert Je 49:19; 50:44; Zc 11:3, and therefore dangerous Je 12:5 (Ew thinks of the swelling of its agitated waters); גְּאוֹן גַּלֶּיךָ majesty of thy waves Jb 38:11. pride (bad sense) Jb 35:12 ψ 59:13; Pr 8:13; 16:18; Ez 7:20; 16:49 Zp 2:10; of Moab Is 16:6(×2) = Je 48:29(×2). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 45 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «גָּאוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1347/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 35:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.35.12/) שָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י גְּא֣וֹן רָעִֽים׃ *Word for word:* there they.cry.out and not he.answers because of \[the\].pride of.wicked.\[people\] *JPS 1917:* There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. [Zechariah 9:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.6/) וְיָשַׁ֥ב מַמְזֵ֖ר בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י גְּא֥וֹן פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ *Word for word:* and it.will.dwell a.mixed.population in Ashdod and I.will.cut.off the.pride of.\[the\].Philistines *JPS 1917:* And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. - ← previous: [גְּאוּלִים](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5d0_5d5_5bc_5dc_5b4_5d9_5dd.md) - next →: [גֵּאוּת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1348.md) - ↑ back to [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490.md)