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גִּבּוֹר H1368
H1368 is the Hebrew word גִּבּוֹר, transliterated gibbôwr and said ghib-bore'. The King James Version most often renders it mighty.
What it means
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant.
Where it comes from
or גִּבֹּר; (shortened) intensive from the same as H1397 (גֶּבֶר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 122 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: champion, chief, [idiom] excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Verses using גִּבּוֹר
The first 40 of 142 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 6:4 · KJV
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 10:8 · KJV
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
Genesis 10:9 · KJV
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
Deuteronomy 10:17 · KJV
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
Joshua 1:14 · KJV
Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
Joshua 6:2 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
Joshua 8:3 · KJV
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
Joshua 10:7 · KJV
So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.
Judges 6:12 · KJV
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
Judges 11:1 · KJV
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Ruth 2:1 · KJV
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
1 Samuel 2:4 · KJV
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
1 Samuel 9:1 · KJV
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
1 Samuel 14:52 · KJV
And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
1 Samuel 16:18 · KJV
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
1 Samuel 17:51 · KJV
Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
2 Samuel 1:19 · KJV
The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
2 Samuel 1:21 · KJV
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
2 Samuel 1:22 · KJV
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
2 Samuel 1:25 · KJV
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
2 Samuel 1:27 · KJV
How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
2 Samuel 10:7 · KJV
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
2 Samuel 16:6 · KJV
And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
2 Samuel 17:8 · KJV
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
2 Samuel 17:10 · KJV
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
2 Samuel 20:7 · KJV
And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2 Samuel 22:26 · KJV
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
2 Samuel 23:8 · KJV
These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
2 Samuel 23:9 · KJV
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
2 Samuel 23:16 · KJV
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
2 Samuel 23:17 · KJV
And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
2 Samuel 23:22 · KJV
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
1 Kings 1:8 · KJV
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:10 · KJV
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
1 Kings 11:28 · KJV
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
2 Kings 5:1 · KJV
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
2 Kings 15:20 · KJV
And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
2 Kings 24:14 · KJV
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
2 Kings 24:16 · KJV
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
1 Chronicles 1:10 · KJV
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1368 mean?
H1368 is the Hebrew word גִּבּוֹר (gibbôwr), meaning powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant.
How is H1368 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it mighty (46 times), mighty men (43 times), mighty man (13 times), strong (3 times), how are the mighty (3 times), among others.
How many times does H1368 appear in the Bible?
גִּבּוֹר (gibbôwr) is tagged in 142 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1368 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or גִּבֹּר; (shortened) intensive from the same as H1397 (גֶּבֶר).
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