גָּאוֹן
gâʼôwn · H1347 · Hebrew · 49 occurrences
Meanings
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thicket
Dense growth of shrubbery or small trees, habitat of animals
ExamplesJeremiah 12:5 “If you have run with infantrymen and they have tired you out, How can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, How will you do in the thicket by the Jordan?
Jeremiah 49:19 “Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase him away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is chosen. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”
Jeremiah 50:44 “Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will chase them away from it, and I will appoint over it whoever is chosen. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?”
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greatness, glory, majesty, pride, arrogance
State in which humans or deities have an elevated status, either in their own eyes or in the eyes of other people, which can either be good or bad, depending on whether this status is justified
ExamplesExodus 15:7 “And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You; You send out Your burning anger, and it consumes them like chaff.
Leviticus 26:19 ‘I will also break down your pride of power; and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.
Proverbs 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 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
43 occurrences in 23 groups
- הוּhis 6
- עֹזstrength, might 5
- יַעֲקֹבJacob 4
- יַרְדֵּןJordan 4
- יִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael 3
- Other words · 18 groups that occur once or twice (21) 21
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַבmany, great 1
Named alongside itApposition
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- הֶמְיָהsound 1
- מִקְדָּשׁsanctuary, holy place 1
- מָשׂוֹשׂjoy 1
- נַחֲלָהinheritance, heritage 1
What it doesIt is the subject
9 occurrences in 5 groups
- יָרַדto go down, to come down 3
- עָנָהto answer 2
- שָׁבַתto cease, to rest, to put an end 2
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- שָׁדַדto devastate, to destroy 1
What is done to itIt is the object
14 occurrences in 11 groups
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
13 occurrences in 5 groups
- בin/on/with 11
- לto/for 5
- מִןfrom 4
- כlike/as 2
- תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
8 occurrences in 6 groups
- הָדָרmajesty 3
- יוֹםday, time 1
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
- קוֹלvoice, sound 1
- רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 1
- תִּפְאָרָהglory, beauty 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ὕβρις hýbris · G5196 · maltreatment, insolence and mistreatment, harm
- גָּאוֹן (gâʼôwn, H1347) denotes pride/arrogance as an internal posture or quality (whether negative hubris or positive majesty depending on context), while ὕβρις (hýbris, G5196) specifically denotes outward insolent behavior or insult resulting from that pride — the Greek term captures the aggressive, injurious manifestation rather than the abstract quality itself.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Landscapes001002004
- This code is inherited from a usage of this lexeme describing a majestic natural landscape or terrain feature; it does not independently apply to the abstract-pride citations here.
- Great002001002012
- גָּאוֹן most commonly denotes majesty, excellence, or pride, as in Exodus 15:7's praise of God's excellence overthrowing His adversaries and Leviticus 26:19's warning against the pride of power.
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1347. ga 'own גָּאוֺן noun masculineHos 5:5 exaltation — Job 40:10 Job 40:5t.; construct…
'own גָּאוֺן noun masculineHos 5:5 exaltation — Job 40:10 Job 40:5t.; construct גְּאוֺן Lev 26:19 Lev 26:31t.; suffix גְּאוֺנְךָ etc. Exo 15:7 Exo 15:9t.; plural suffix גְּאוֺנָ֑יִךְ Eze 16:56; —
1 exaltation, majesty, excellence,
a. of nations, their wealth, power, magnificence of buildings, e.g. Egypt Eze 32:12, Chaldeans Isa 13:11, Isa 13:19; Isa 14:11, Philistines Zec 9:6, Assyria Zec 10:11, Jacob Psa 47:5; Amo 6:8; Amo 8:7; Nah 2:3, Israel Hos 5:5; Hos 7:10 (probably appellation of ׳י), Nah 2:3, Judah Jer 13:9, Jerusalem Jer 13:9; Eze 16:56; עֻזָּהּ גְּאוֺן pride of her strength Eze 30:6, Eze 30:18; Eze 33:28; עזים גאון Eze 7:24 (but ᵐ5 Ew Hi Co read עזם); עזכם גאון Lev 26:19; Eze 24:21; the fruit of land of Judah will become ולתפארת לגאון majestic and beautiful Isa 4:2; צבי כל גאון the majesty of all the splendour (of Tyre) Isa 23:9; Zion is to become עולם גאון an everlasting excellency Isa 60:15.
b. of God Exo 15:7; Isa 24:14; Mic 5:3; גְּאֹנוֺ הֲדַר Isa 2:10, Isa 2:19, Isa 2:21; גְּאוֺנוֺ בְּקוֺל יַרְעֵם Job 37:4; וָגֹבַהּ גָּאוֺן נָא עֲדֵה Job 40:10.
c. הירדן גאון majesty of Jordan, referring to the green and shady banks, clothed with willows, tamarisks, and cane, in which the lions made their covert Jer 49:19; Jer 50:44; Zec 11:3, and therefore dangerous Jer 12:5 (Ew thinks of the swelling of its agitated waters); גַּלֶּיךָ גְּאוֺן majesty of thy waves Job 38:11.
2 pride (bad sense) Job 35:12; Psa 59:13; Pro 8:13; Pro 16:18; Eze 7:20; Eze 16:49; Zep 2:10; of Moab Isa 16:6 (twice in verse) = Jer 48:29 (twice in verse).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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