Mighty
אַבִּירStrong’s H0047abbir (ab-bir)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Abbir is the Hebrew word usually translated “mighty”, “mighty of” and “mighty his”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.”
Meaning
- Mighty, valiantof men · of angels · of animals · (metaph) · obstinate (fig.)
How it's translated
- mighty 6
- mighty of 3
- mighty his 2
- like a mighty 1
- o mighty of 1
- mighty your 1
- mighty its 1
- like mighty 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 5
- Jeremiah 4
- Isaiah 3
- Job 2
- Judges 1
- 1 Samuel 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 21:7Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
- Job 24:22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
- Job 34:20In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
- Psalms 50:13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
- Psalms 68:30Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
Hebrew dictionary
אַבִּיר abbir · mighty
1) mighty, valiant 1a) of men 1b) of angels 1c) of animals 1d) (metaph) 1d1) of enemies 1d2) of princes 1d3) of sacrificial objects 1e) obstinate (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mighty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MI'GHTY, adjective
Having great bodily strength or physical power; very strong or vigorous; as a mighty arm.
- Very strong; valiant; bold; as a mighty man of valor. Judges 6:12
- Very powerful; having great command.“Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth” Genesis 10:8
- Very strong in numbers; as a mighty nation. Genesis 18:18
- Very strong or great in corporeal power; very able.“Wo to them that are mighty to drink wine” Isaiah 5:22
All definitions and other forms of “mighty”
- Violent; very loud; as mighty thunderings. Exodus 9:28Psalms 68:33
- Vehement; rushing with violence; as a mighty wind or tempest. Exodus 10:19Revelation 6:13
- Very great; vast; as mighty waters. Nehemiah 9:11
- Very great or strong; as mighty power. 2 Chronicles 26:12
- Very forcible; efficacious; as, great is truth and mighty
- Very great or eminent in intellect or acquirements; as the mighty Scaliger and Selden.
- Great; wonderful; performed with great power; as mighty works. Matthew 11:20
- Very severe and distressing; as a mighty famine. Luke 15:14
- Very great, large or populous; as a mighty city. Revelation 18:10
- Important; momentous.
MI'GHTY, adverb
In a great degree; very; as might wise; mighty thoughtful. [Colloquial.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.