Might
גְּבוּרָהStrong’s H1369gevurah (ge-vu-rah)
Appears in 61 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gevurah is the Hebrew word usually translated “might his”, “strength” and “might your”. It appears in 61 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.”
Meaning
- Strength, mightstrength · might, valour, bravery · might, mighty deeds (of God)
How it's translated
- and might his 9
- and strength 6
- strength 5
- might his 4
- might your 3
- strength their 3
- and might 2
- mighty deeds his 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 17
- 2 Kings 7
- Isaiah 7
- Jeremiah 6
- 1 Kings 4
- Job 4
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 3:24O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
- Judges 5:31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
- Judges 8:21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.
- 1 Kings 15:23The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
- 1 Kings 16:5Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:27Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
All 61 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
גְּבוּרָה gevurah · might
1) strength, might 1a) strength 1b) might, valour, bravery 1c) might, mighty deeds (of God) Aramaic equivalent: ge.vu.rah (גְּבוּרָה "might" H1370)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “strength” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STRENGTH, noun
[See Strong.]
- That property or quality of an animal body by which it is enabled to move itself or other bodies.
- Firmness; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they sustain the application of force without breaking or yielding.
- Power or vigor of any kind.
- Power of resisting attacks; fastness; as the strength of a castle or fort.
All definitions and other forms of “strength”
- Support; that which supports; that which supplies strength; security.“God is our refuge and strength” Psalms 46:1
- Power of mind; intellectual force; the power of any faculty; as strength of memory; strength of reason; strength of judgment.
- Spirit; animation.
- Force of writing; vigor; nervous diction.
- Vividness; as strength of colors or coloring.
- Spirit; the quality of any liquor which has the power of affecting the taste, or of producing sensible effects on other bodies; as the strength of wine or spirit; the strength of an acid.
- The virtue or spirit of any vegetable, or of its juices or qualities.
- Legal or moral force; validity; the quality of binding, uniting or securing; as the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion or custom.
- Vigor; natural force; as the strength of natural affection.
- That which supports; confidence.
- Amount of force, military or naval; an army or navy; number of troops or ships well appointed.
- Soundness; force; the quality that convinces, persuades or commands assent; as the strength of an argument or of reasoning; the strength of evidence.
- Vehemence; force proceeding from motion and proportioned to it; as the strength of wind or a current of water.
- Degree of brightness or vividness; as the strength of light.
- Fortification; fortress; as an inaccessible strength [Not in use.]
- Support; maintenance of power.
STRENGTH, verb intransitive
To strengthen. [Not in use.]
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.