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title: גֵּאוּת — majesty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גֵּאוּת (1348), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: majesty. BDB 1906: n.f. majesty. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גֵּאוּת

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«גֵּאוּת» 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 1348 · **BDB:** גֵּאוּת

### Glosses

majesty (2); of.(the).pride (2); a.rising.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

majesty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1348/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. majesty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1348/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. majesty, ψ 93:1 + 7 times;— lifting up גֵּאוּת עָשָׁן column of smoke Is 9:17; גֵּאוּת הַיָּם swelling of the sea ψ 89:10. majesty of God ψ 93:1; Is 26:10; גֵּאוּת עָשָׂה he hath done majestically Is 12:5; עֲטֶרֶת גֵּאוּת crown of majesty Is 28:1, 3 (Samaria, on a round hill majestically commanding the country). pride דִּבְּרוּ בְגֵאוּת they speak proudly ψ 17:10; so for נְאוֹת 74:20 Bi Che.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גֵּאוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1348/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 28:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.3/)

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בְּרַגְלַ֖יִם תֵּֽרָמַ֑סְנָה עֲטֶ֥רֶת גֵּא֖וּת שִׁכּוֹרֵ֥י אֶפְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* with feet they.will.be.trampled the.crown of.(the).pride of.the.drunkards of.Ephraim

*JPS 1917:* The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot;

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[Psalms 17:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.17.10/)

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חֶלְבָּ֥מוֹ סָּגְר֑וּ פִּ֝֗ימוֹ דִּבְּר֥וּ בְגֵאֽוּת׃

*Word for word:* fat their they.have.closed.up mouth their they.have.spoken with pride

*JPS 1917:* Their gross heart they have shut tight, with their mouth they speak proudly.

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