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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1369

גְּבוּרָה

geburahgheb-oo-raw'

might

61 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: gᵉbûwrâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1369is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 16 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 50
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1369

force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory

The King James renders it: force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

geburah is rendered "might". It stands 61 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.

  • Seventeen of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 32:18But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
  • The Greek text spells it fifty different ways.

The first use

But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”

Exodus 32:18גְּבוּרָ֔ה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Seventeen of the word's sixty-one uses are in Psalms.

The other 23 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and might his9
  • and strength5
  • might his4
  • strength4
  • might your3
  • strength their3
  • and might2
  • and mighty deeds your2
  • mighty deeds his2
  • with mighty deeds of2
  • and by strength your1
  • and into strength1

and 23 more, 61 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

גְּבוּלgebulborder: boundaryUses240
גְּבַרgebarmanUses21
גְּבִיעַgebiacupUses14
גְּבוּלָהgebulahborderUses10
גְּבֶרֶתgeberethladyUses9
גְּבִירָהgebirahqueenUses6
גְּבִירgebirlordUses2
גְּבוּרָהgeburahmightUses2
גְּבַרgebargreat manUses1
גְּבִנָהgebinahcheeseUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 61, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

50 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וּגְבוּרָ֑ה3
  • וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹ3
  • בִּגְבוּרָֽה׃2
  • גְּבוּרָ֑ה2
  • גְּבוּרָת֑וֹ2
  • גְּבוּרָתֶֽךָ׃2
  • וּגְבוּרָ֖ה2
  • וּגְבוּרָ֔ה2
  • וּגְבוּרָת֑וֹ2
  • בִּגְבוּרָ֖ה1
  • בִגְבוּרַ֣ת1
  • בִּגְבוּרֹ֨ת׀1

and 38 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular9HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular7HC/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HNcfsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine singular4HNcfsa
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular4HR/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3HNcfsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HNcfsc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HC/Ncfpc/Sp2ms
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcfpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcfsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncfpc

Exodus

one use
  • But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”

    Exodus 32:18

    • גְּבוּרָ֔הgevurahnoun · feminine singulartagged: strength

Deuteronomy

one use
  • “O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

    Deuteronomy 3:24

    • וְכִגְבוּרֹתֶֽךָ׃vekhigvurotekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and like mighty deeds your

Judges

two uses
  • So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

    Judges 5:31

    • בִּגְבֻרָת֑וֹbigvuratopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in strength its
  • Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

    Judges 8:21

    • גְּבוּרָת֑וֹgevuratonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: strength his

1 Kings

four uses
  • Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.

    1 Kings 15:23

    • גְּב֨וּרָת֜וֹgevuratonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: might his
  • As for the rest of the acts of Baasha, along with his accomplishments and might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    1 Kings 16:5

    • וּגְבֽוּרָת֑וֹugevuratoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and might his
  • As for the rest of the acts of Omri, along with his accomplishments and the might he exercised, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    1 Kings 16:27

    • וּגְבוּרָת֖וֹugevuratoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and might his
  • As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

    1 Kings 22:45

    • וּגְבוּרָת֥וֹugevuratoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and might his

2 Kings

seven uses
  • As for the rest of the acts of Jehu, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    2 Kings 10:34

    • גְּבוּרָת֑וֹgevuratonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: might his
  • As for the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, along with all his accomplishments and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    2 Kings 13:8

    • וּגְבוּרָת֑וֹugevuratoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and might his
  • As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with all his accomplishments and his might, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    2 Kings 13:12

    • וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹugevuratoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and might his
  • As for the rest of the acts of Jehoash, along with his accomplishments, his might, and how he waged war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    2 Kings 14:15

    • וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹugevuratoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and might his
  • As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, along with all his accomplishments and might, and how he waged war and recovered both Damascus and Hamath for Israel from Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

    2 Kings 14:28

    • וּגְבוּרָת֣וֹugevuratoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and might his
  • You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

    2 Kings 18:20

    • וּגְבוּרָ֖הugevurahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and strength
  • As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

    2 Kings 20:20

    • גְּב֣וּרָת֔וֹgevuratonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: might his

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.

    1 Chronicles 29:11

    • וְהַגְּבוּרָ֤הvehagevurahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the strength
  • Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

    1 Chronicles 29:12

    • וּגְבוּרָ֑הugevurahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and strength
  • together with all the details of his reign, his might, and the circumstances that came upon him and Israel and all the kingdoms of the lands.

    1 Chronicles 29:30

    • וּגְבוּרָת֑וֹugevuratoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and might his

2 Chronicles

one use
  • and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.

    2 Chronicles 20:6

    • וּגְבוּרָ֔הugevurahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and strength

Esther

one use
  • And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

    Esther 10:2

    • וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹugevuratoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and might his

Job

four uses
  • Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.

    Job 12:13

    • וּגְבוּרָ֑הugevurahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and might
  • Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

    Job 26:14

    • גְּ֝בוּרוֹתָ֗יוgevuratovnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: mighty deeds his
  • Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

    Job 39:19

    • גְּבוּרָ֑הgevurahnoun · feminine singulartagged: strength
  • I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.

    Job 41:12

    • גְּ֝בוּר֗וֹתgevurotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: strengths

Psalms

seventeen uses
  • Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.

    Psalms 20:6

    • בִּ֝גְבֻר֗וֹתbigvurotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with mighty deeds of
  • Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.

    Psalms 21:13

    • גְּבוּרָתֶֽךָ׃gevuratekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: might your
  • Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!

    Psalms 54:1

    • וּבִגְבוּרָתְךָ֥uvigvuratekhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and by strength your
  • You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.

    Psalms 65:6

    • בִּגְבוּרָֽה׃bigvurahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with might
  • He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

    Psalms 66:7

    • בִּגְבוּרָת֨וֹ׀bigvuratopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: by might his
  • I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

    Psalms 71:16

    • בִּ֭גְבֻרוֹתbigvurotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with mighty deeds of
  • Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

    Psalms 71:18

    • גְּבוּרָתֶֽךָ׃gevuratekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: might your
  • before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.

    Psalms 80:2

    • גְּבֽוּרָתֶ֑ךָgevuratekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: might your
  • Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.

    Psalms 89:13

    • גְּבוּרָ֑הgevurahnoun · feminine singulartagged: strength
  • The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

    Psalms 90:10

    • בִּגְבוּרֹ֨ת׀bigvurotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: by strengths
  • Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

    Psalms 106:2

    • גְּבוּר֣וֹתgevurotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: mighty deeds of
  • Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

    Psalms 106:8

    • גְּבוּרָתֽוֹ׃gevuratonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: might his
  • One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—

    Psalms 145:4

    • וּגְב֖וּרֹתֶ֣יךָugevuroteikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and mighty deeds your
  • They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,

    Psalms 145:11

    • וּגְבוּרָתְךָ֥ugevuratekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and might your
  • to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.

    Psalms 145:12

    • גְּבוּרֹתָ֑יוgevurotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: mighty deeds his
  • He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.

    Psalms 147:10

    • בִגְבוּרַ֣תvigvuratpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in strength of
  • Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.

    Psalms 150:2

    • בִגְבוּרֹתָ֑יוvigvurotavpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: for mighty deeds his

Proverbs

one use
  • Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

    Proverbs 8:14

    • גְבוּרָֽה׃gevurahnoun · feminine singulartagged: strength

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

    Ecclesiastes 9:16

    • מִגְּבוּרָ֑הmigevurahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: more than strength
  • Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

    Ecclesiastes 10:17

    • בִּגְבוּרָ֖הbigvurahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for strength

Isaiah

seven uses
  • Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

    Isaiah 3:25

    • וּגְבוּרָתֵ֖ךְugevuratekhconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and strength your
  • The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

    Isaiah 11:2

    • וּגְבוּרָ֔הugevurahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and strength
  • a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

    Isaiah 28:6

    • וְלִ֨גְבוּרָ֔הveligvurahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and into strength
  • For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”

    Isaiah 30:15

    • גְּבֽוּרַתְכֶ֑םgevuratkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: strength your
  • You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

    Isaiah 33:13

    • גְּבֻרָתִֽי׃gevuratinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: strength my
  • You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

    Isaiah 36:5

    • וּגְבוּרָ֖הugevurahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and strength
  • Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.

    Isaiah 63:15

    • וּגְב֣וּרֹתֶ֔ךָugevurotekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and mighty deeds your

Jeremiah

six uses
  • This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

    Jeremiah 9:23

    • בִּגְבֽוּרָת֑וֹbigvuratopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in might his
  • There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.

    Jeremiah 10:6

    • בִּגְבוּרָֽה׃bigvurahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in strength
  • “Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.

    Jeremiah 16:21

    • גְּבֽוּרָתִ֑יgevuratinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: might my
  • For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.

    Jeremiah 23:10

    • וּגְבוּרָתָ֖םugevuratamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and strength their
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

    Jeremiah 49:35

    • גְּבוּרָתָֽם׃gevuratamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: strength their
  • The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

    Jeremiah 51:30

    • גְבוּרָתָ֖םgevuratamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: strength their

Ezekiel

two uses
  • Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.

    Ezekiel 32:29

    • בִגְבוּרָתָ֖םvigvuratampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in strength their
  • All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.

    Ezekiel 32:30

    • מִגְבֽוּרָתָם֙migvuratampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: from strength their

Micah

two uses
  • As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

    Micah 3:8

    • וּגְבוּרָ֑הugevurahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and might
  • Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

    Micah 7:16

    • גְּבֽוּרָתָ֑םgevuratamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: strength their

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