--- title: גִּבּוֹר — strong · The Tanakh dictionary description: גִּבּוֹר (1368), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 159 times: strong. BDB 1906: adj. strong, mighty adj. n.m. 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/1368.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)‎ / גִּבּוֹר‎ # גִּבּוֹר «גִּבּוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strong** — 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:** 159 times · **Key:** 1368 · **BDB:** גִּבּוֹר ### Glosses warriors (21); mighty (16); mighty.\[men\] (13) ### Meaning (OSHB) strong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1368/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) adj. strong, mighty adj. n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1368/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** adj. strong, mighty (cf. Arabic جَبَّارٌ one who magnifies himself, behaves proudly, a tyrant, who is bold, audacious)—Gn 10:9 + 58 times; גִּבֹּר Gn 10:8 + 2 times; גִּבּוֹרָם 1 S 17:51; pl. גִּבּוֹרִים Je 46:9 + 27 times; גִּבֹּרִים Jos 10:2 + 21 times; cstr. גִּבּוֹרֵי 1 Ch 11:27 + 29 times; גִּבֹּרֵי 1 Ch 9:26 + 4 times; sf. גִּבּוֹרֶיךָ Ho 10:13 + (var. sfs. 11 times);— adj. גִּבּוֹר בַּבְּהֵמָה mightiest among beasts Pr 30:30; אִישׁ גִּבּוֹר 1 S 14:52; גִּבּוֹר בָּאָרֶץ ψ 112:2; גִּבּוֹר צַיִד mighty in hunting Gn 10:9 (J); מלך גבור Dn 11:3; אֵל גִּבּוֹר the Messiah Is 9:5; attribute of God especially as fighting for his people ψ 24:8(×2) Dt 10:17 Ne 9:32 Is 10:21 Je 32:18 (cf. Arabic الجَبَّارُ). n.m. strong, valiant man Jos 10:2 (E) Gn 6:4; 10:8 (J) Ju 5:13, 23 1 S 2:4 + 16 times 1 K 1:8, 10 2 K 24:16 1 Ch 1:10 + 11 times Ezr 7:28 Jb 16:14 ψ 19:6; 33:16; 45:4; 52:3; 78:65; 89:20; 120:4; 127:4 Pr 16:32; 21:22 Ct 3:7(×2); 4:4 Ec 9:11 Is 3:2; 13:3; 21:17; 42:13; 49:24, 25 Je 5:16 + 17 times Ez 32:12 + 5 times Ho 10:13 Jo 2:7; 4:9, 10, 11 Am 2:14, 16 Ob 9 Na 2:4 Zp 1:14; 3:17 Zc 9:13; 10:5, 7; cf. phrases גִּבּוֹר חיל mighty man of valour Ju 6:12; 11:1 1 S 9:1; 16:18 1 K 11:28 2 K 5:1 (וְהָאִישׁ הָיָה גִּבּוֹר חַיִל מְצֹרָ֑ע so 𝔊 al. 𝔊L ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἦν λεπρός, cf. also Klo’s dub. emend.), 1 Ch 12:28; 28:1 2 Ch 13:3; 17:16, 17; 25:6; 32:21; אישׁ גבור חיל Ru 2:1; גבורי החיל Jos 1:14 (D) 6:2; 10:7 (JE) 2 K 15:20; 24:14; אישׁ גבורי החיל Jos 8:3; גברי חיל 1 Ch 5:24 + 14 times Ne 11:14; גבורי חילים 1 Ch 7:5, 7, 11, 40; גבורי החילים 1 Ch 11:26; גברי כח ψ 103:20; גבורי מלחמה 2 Ch 13:3; גברי הֹשׂערים 1 Ch 9:26; בית הגבורים Ne 3:16; (ה)צָבָא הגבורים 2 S 10:7 1 Ch 19:8; ראשׁי הגברים 1 Ch 11:10; גבורים לשׁתות valiant to drink Is 5:22. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 93 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «גִּבּוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1368/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 120:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.4/) חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים׃ *Word for word:* arrows of.a.warrior sharpened with burning.coals of.broom.plants *JPS 1917:* Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom. [1 Samuel 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.4/) קֶ֥שֶׁת גִּבֹּרִ֖ים חַתִּ֑ים וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים אָ֥זְרוּ חָֽיִל׃ *Word for word:* \[the\].bow of.warriors \[are\].shattered and \[those.who\].stumble they.gird.on strength *JPS 1917:* The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. - ← previous: [גְּבוּלָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1367.md) - next →: [גְּבוּרָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1369.md) - ↑ back to [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1490.md)