גָּבַר

ga.var · to prevail

Hebrew · Strong's H1396 · Verb · Sounds like: gaw-bar' · 25 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently; exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
גָּבַר vb. be strong, mighty
Qal
1. be strong, mighty
2. prevail
Pi. make strong, strengthen
Hiph. confirm a covenant
Hithp. shew himself a mighty one against; of wicked behave proudly toward

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Samuel 1:23 גָּבֵֽרוּ׃ ga.Ve.ru · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.

  2. 2 Samuel 11:23 גָבְר֤וּ ga.ve.Ru · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And the messenger said unto David, The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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