Rebuke
גְּעָרָהStrong’s H1606gearah (ge-a-rah)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gearah is the Hebrew word usually translated “from rebuke your”, “rebuke” and “rebuke of”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.”
Meaning
- A rebuke, reproof
How it's translated
- from rebuke your 2
- a rebuke 2
- rebuke of 2
- threat of 2
- at rebuke of 1
- from rebuke his 1
- from rebuke of 1
- rebuke your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Isaiah 4
- Proverbs 3
- 2 Samuel 1
- Job 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
- Psalms 18:15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
- Psalms 76:6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
- Psalms 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
- Psalms 104:7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
- Proverbs 13:1A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Hebrew dictionary
גְּעָרָה gearah · rebuke
a rebuke, reproof
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rebuke” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REBU'KE, verb transitive
[See Pack and Impeach.]
- To chide; to reprove; to reprehend for a fault; to check by reproof.“Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor” Leviticus 19:17
- To check or restrain.“The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan” Zechariah 3:2
- To chasten; to punish; to afflict for correction.“O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger” Psalms 6:1
- To check; to silence.“Master, rebuke thy disciples” Luke 19:39
All definitions and other forms of “rebuke”
- To check; to heal.“And he stood over her and rebuked the fever” Luke 4:39
- To restrain; to calm.“He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea” Matthew 8:26
REBU'KE, noun
- A chiding; reproof for faults; reprehension.
- In Scripture, chastisement; punishment; affliction for the purpose of restraint and correction. Ezekiel 5:15
- In low language, any kind of check.
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.