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. Lamentations 1:16 גָבַ֖ר ga.Var · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.

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