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 39Old Testament books
- 50spellings
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.
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גְּבוּל | gebul | border: boundary | Uses240 |
| גְּבַר | gebar | man | Uses21 |
| גְּבִיעַ | gebia | cup | Uses14 |
| גְּבוּלָה | gebulah | border | Uses10 |
| גְּבֶרֶת | gebereth | lady | Uses9 |
| גְּבִירָה | gebirah | queen | Uses6 |
| גְּבִיר | gebir | lord | Uses2 |
| גְּבוּרָה | geburah | might | Uses2 |
| גְּבַר | gebar | great man | Uses1 |
| גְּבִנָה | gebinah | cheese | Uses1 |
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!”
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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?”
- 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?
- גְּבוּרָ֑הgevurahnoun · feminine singulartagged: strength
I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- בִּגְבוּרֹ֨ת׀bigvurotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: by strengths
Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
- 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.
- 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—
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- בִגְבוּרַ֣תvigvuratpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in strength of
Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- בִּגְבוּרָ֖הbigvurahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for strength
Isaiah
seven uses
Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- גְּבֽוּרָתָ֑םgevuratamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: strength their
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
