Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
KJV Usage: exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
גָּבַר (ga.var) — to prevail. 1) to prevail, have strength, be strong, be powerful, be mighty, be great 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be strong, mighty 1a2) to prevail 1b) (Piel) to make strong, strengthen 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to confirm, give strength 1c2) to confirm (a covenant) 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to show oneself mighty 1d2) to act proudly (toward God)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · גִּבֹּור · גְּבוּרָה · גְּבִירָה · גְּבֶרֶת · גִּבָּר · גַּבְרִיאֵל
Strong | verb qal
to become powerful, to grow mighty, to prevail = process by which humans gain strength, power, and authority, which enables them to do things that others are unable to accomplish
EXO 17:11 · EXO 17:11 · 1SA 2:9 · 2SA 1:23 · 2SA 11:23 · 1CH 5:2 · JOB 21:7 · PSA 12:5 · JER 9:2 · LAM 1:16
Strong | verb pi
Collocation: גבר חַיִל
to exert strength literally: to make great (one's) strength; hence: = action by which humans summon all their strength in order to be able to perform a certain event
Strong | Confident | verb pi
to make strong = causative action by which a deity gives humans strength and power, probably both physically and mentally
Confident | verb hit
to make oneself strong, to defy literally: to make oneself strong; hence: = action by which humans or deities present themselves with boldness to other humans and deities, ≈ which may be good or bad depending on whether this boldness is justified
Quantity | verb qal | ≈ רבה
to prevail > to increase = process by which objects greatly increase in volume and quantity, to the extent that they appear to gain control over everything else
Intense | verb qal
to be great, to surpass, to overwhelm = process by which conditions greatly increase in intensity, to the extent that they appear to gain control over everything else, ≈ which can be either good or bad, depending on the condition
GEN 49:26 · PSA 65:4 · PSA 103:11 · PSA 117:2
Intense | verb hif
Collocation: גבר בְּרִית
to make a firm covenant literally: to make strong a covenant; hence: = causative action by which humans make a solemn and powerful agreement with another party
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גָּבַר vb. be strong, mighty Qal be strong, mighty
prevail
Pi. make strong, strengthen
Hiph. confirm a covenant
Hithp. shew himself a mighty one against; of wicked behave proudly toward
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