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Proud

גֵּאStrong’s H1341

ge

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

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Ge is the Hebrew word usually translated “proud”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.”
Isaiah 16:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. Proud
How it's translated
  • proud 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    גֵּא ge · proud

    proud

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “proud” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    PROUD, adjective

    1. Having inordinate self-esteem; possessing a high or unreasonable conceit of one's own excellence, either of body or mind.
    2. Arrogant; haughty; supercilious.
    3. Daring; presumptuous.“By his understanding he smiteth through the proud” Job 26:12
    4. Lofty of mien; grand of person; as a proud steed.
    All definitions
    1. Grand, lofty; splendid; magnificent.
    2. Ostentatious; grand; as proud titles.
    3. Splendid; exhibiting grandeur and distinction; exciting pride; as a proud day for Rome.
    4. Excited by the animal appetite; applied particularly to the female of the canine species.
    5. Fungous; as proud flesh.

    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.