Majesty
גֵּאוּתStrong’s H1348geut (ge-ut)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Geut is the Hebrew word usually translated “majesty”, “pride of” and “pride”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.”
Meaning
- Majestya rising up (of column of smoke) · a swelling (of sea) · majesty (of God) · pride
How it's translated
- majesty 2
- pride of 2
- with pride 1
- over swelling of 1
- a rising up of 1
- majesty of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 5
- Psalms 3
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 89:9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
- Psalms 93:1The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
- Isaiah 9:18For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
- Isaiah 12:5Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
- Isaiah 26:10Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
- Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Hebrew dictionary
גֵּאוּת geut · majesty
1) majesty 1a) a rising up (of column of smoke) 1b) a swelling (of sea) 1c) majesty (of God) 1d) pride
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “majesty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MAJ'ESTY, noun
[Latin majestas, from the root of magis, major, more, greater.]
- Greatness of appearance; dignity; grandeur; dignity of aspect or manner; the quality or state of a person or thing which inspires awe or reverence in the beholder; applied with peculiar propriety to God and his works.“Jehovah reigneth; he is clothed with majesty” Psalms 93:1“The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty” Psalms 29:4
- Dignity; elevation of manner.
- A title of emperors, kings and queens; as most royal majesty; may it please your majesty In this sense, it admits of the plural; as, their majesties attended the concert.
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.