Pride
גֵּוָהStrong’s H1466gevah (ge-vah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gevah is the Hebrew word usually translated “up” and “pride”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.”
Meaning
- Pride, a lifting up
How it's translated
- up 1
- and pride 1
- pride 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Jeremiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
גֵּוָה gevah · pride
pride, a lifting up Aramaic equivalent: ge.vah (גֵּוָה "pride" H1467)
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.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.