Word Study · Strong's H1376 · Hebrew
גְּבִיר
gebir
gheb-eer'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gᵉbîyr
“a master”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a master
Rendered in the KJV as
lord.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- גְבִיר֙1
- גְּבִ֞יר1
How it is rendered · 1
- lord2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · masculine singular2
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- HNcmsa · 2
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 27:29גְבִיר֙gevirnoun · masculine singularMay peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”here: lord
- Genesis 27:37גְּבִ֞ירgevirnoun · masculine singularBut Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”here: lord