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גַּאֲוָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1346

majesty — used 19 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

majesty tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גַּאֲוָה: n.f. majesty, pride tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. majesty, pride (cf. Syriac ܓܰܐܝܽܘܬܳܐ )—Jb 41:7 + 6 times; cstr. גַּאֲוַת Pr 29:23 + 2 times; sf. גַּאֲוָתִי Is 13:3 + 8 times;— rising up, swelling of the sea ψ 46:4. majesty, of Israel Dt 33:29, Moab Is 16:6 = Je 48:29, scales of crocodile Jb 41:7, of God Dt 33:26 ψ 68:35. pride, haughtiness ψ 10:2; 31:19, 24; 36:12; 73:6 Pr 14:3; 29:23 Is 9:8; 13:11; 25:11; עליזי גאותי my proudly exulting ones Is 13:3 cf. Zp 3:11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: pride (5); haughtiness (3); majesty (2).

In the verses

Job 41:7 · tree →

גַּ֭אֲוָה אֲפִיקֵ֣י מָֽגִנִּ֑ים סָ֝ג֗וּר חוֹתָ֥ם צָֽר׃

Word for word: pride [is].rows of.shields [it.is].shut.up a.seal tight

JPS 1917: His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

Proverbs 29:23 · tree →

גַּאֲוַ֣ת אָ֭דָם תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ וּשְׁפַל־ר֝֗וּחַ יִתְמֹ֥ךְ כָּבֽוֹד׃

Word for word: [the].pride of.a.person it will.bring.him.low and a.[person].lowly of.spirit he.will.attain honor

JPS 1917: A man's pride shall bring him low; but he that is of a lowly spirit shall attain to honour.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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