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. Ecclesiastes 10:10 יְגַבֵּ֑ר ye.ga.Ber · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

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