גֵּאָה
gêʼâh · H1344 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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pride, arrogance
State in which humans have an elevated status in their own eyes, which is seen as a negative and undesirable attitude for humans
ExamplesProverbs 8:13 “The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride, arrogance, the evil way, And the perverted mouth, I hate.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׂנֵאto hate 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- זָדוֹן zâdôwn · H2087 · presumption, insolence
- Hebrew noun denoting arrogant presumptuousness, closely overlapping with גֵּאָה in expressing prideful attitude, though זָדוֹן emphasizes willful insolence
- רוּם rûwm · H7312 · height, stature, haughtiness
- Hebrew noun for haughtiness/loftiness of spirit, semantically parallel to גֵּאָה in denoting pride, though רָם emphasizes the elevated/lofty aspect
Contrasting words 2 words
- עֲנָוָה ʻănâvâh · H6038 · humility, meekness
- Standard Hebrew term for humility/meekness, the direct lexical opposite of pride (גֵּאָה), contrasting self-exaltation with self-abasement
- שָׁפָל shâphâl · H8217 · low, deep
- Hebrew adjective/noun for lowliness or humility, antonymous to גֵּאָה in contrasting humble lowliness with proud exaltation
In the other Testament 2 words
- ὑπερηφανία hyperēphanía · G5243 · pride, arrogance, haughtiness
- The standard Greek noun for pride/arrogance in the LXX and NT, directly corresponding to Hebrew גֵּאָה as a term for the quality or state of being proud
- ἀλαζονεία alazoneía · G212 · false arrogance, pretentious pride, boastful haughtiness
- Greek noun denoting pride with emphasis on boastful arrogance, overlapping semantically with גֵּאָה as a term for prideful disposition
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Great002001002012
- גֵּאָה denotes pride or arrogance as an abstract quality, listed among the things the fear of the LORD causes one to hate in Proverbs 8:13.
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1344. geah גֵּאָה noun feminine pride, Pro 8:13. גֵּוָה noun feminine pride (גֵּיוָה ᵑ7;…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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