Proud
גֵּאֶהStrong’s H1343geeh (ge-eh)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Geeh is the Hebrew word usually translated “proud” and “arrogant opressors”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.”
Meaning
- Proud
How it's translated
- proud 8
- of arrogant opressors 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Job 2
- Proverbs 2
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 40:12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
- Psalms 94:2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
- Psalms 123:4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
- Psalms 140:5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- Proverbs 15:25The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
- Proverbs 16:19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Hebrew dictionary
גֵּאֶה geeh · 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
- Having inordinate self-esteem; possessing a high or unreasonable conceit of one's own excellence, either of body or mind.
- Arrogant; haughty; supercilious.
- Daring; presumptuous.“By his understanding he smiteth through the proud” Job 26:12
- Lofty of mien; grand of person; as a proud steed.
All definitions
- Grand, lofty; splendid; magnificent.
- Ostentatious; grand; as proud titles.
- Splendid; exhibiting grandeur and distinction; exciting pride; as a proud day for Rome.
- Excited by the animal appetite; applied particularly to the female of the canine species.
- 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.