gaon (pride) · Rightly

Meaning

Exaltation, majesty, pridemajesty, exaltation, excellence · pride, arrogance (bad sense)

How it's translated

pride of 21
majesty his 4
pride 2
pride your 2
and pride its 2
from thicket of 2
majesty your 1
in pride of 1

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

Where it's used most

Isaiah 11
Ezekiel 9
Jeremiah 5
Job 4
Zechariah 3
Psalms 2

14 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Zechariah 10:11In contextAnd he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
Zechariah 11:3In contextThere is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
Exodus 15:7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
Leviticus 26:19And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
Job 35:12There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Job 37:4After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

All 45 verses, by book

Exodus 1: 15:7
Leviticus 1: 26:19
Job 4: 35:12 37:4 38:11 40:10
Psalms 2: 47:4 59:12
Proverbs 2: 8:13 16:18
Isaiah 11: 2:10 2:19 2:21 4:2 13:11 13:19 14:11 16:6 23:9 24:14 60:15
Jeremiah 5: 12:5 13:9 48:29 49:19 50:44
Ezekiel 9: 7:20 7:24 16:49 16:56 24:21 30:6 30:18 32:12 33:28
Hosea 2: 5:5 7:10
Amos 2: 6:8 8:7
Micah 1: 5:4
Nahum 1: 2:2
Zephaniah 1: 2:10
Zechariah 3: 9:6 10:11 11:3

Hebrew dictionary

גָּאוֹן gaon · pride

1) exaltation, majesty, pride 1a) majesty, exaltation, excellence 1a1) of nations 1a2) of God 1a3) of the Jordan 1b) pride, arrogance (bad sense)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

PRIDE, noun

Inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, accomplishments, rank or elevation in office, which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.“PRIDE goeth before destruction” Proverbs 16:18“Those that walk in pride he is able to abase” Daniel 4:37
Insolence; rude treatment of others; insolent exultation.
Generous elation of heart; a noble self-esteem springing from a consciousness of worth.
Elevation; loftiness.

All definitions and other forms of “pride”

Decoration; ornament; beauty displayed.
Splendid show; ostentation.
That of which men are proud; that which excites boasting.“I will cut off the pride of the Philistines” Zechariah 9:6
Excitement of the sexual appetite in a female beast.
Proud persons. Psalms 36:11

PRIDE, verb transitive

With the reciprocal pronoun, to pride one's self, to indulge pride; to take pride; to value one's self; to gratify self-esteem. They pride themselves in their wealth, dress or equipage. He prides himself in his achievements.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.