גֵּוָה
gêvâh · H1466 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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pride, proud, arrogant
State in which humans have an elevated status in their own eyes, which is seen as a negative and undesirable attitude for humans
ExamplesJob 22:29 “When they have brought you low, you will speak with confidence, And He will save the humble person.
Job 33:17 So that He may turn a person away from bad conduct, And keep a man from pride;
Jeremiah 13:17 But if you do not listen to it, My soul will weep in secret for such pride; And my eyes will shed And stream down tears, Because the flock of the LORD has been taken captive.
How it’s used In 2 roles
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
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- כָּסָהto cover 1
- אָמַרto say 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 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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Near synonyms 1 word
- זָדוֹן zâdôwn · H2087 · presumption, insolence
- Hebrew noun denoting presumptuous pride or arrogance, semantically overlapping with גֵּוָה in contexts of haughty self-exaltation
Contrasting words 2 words
- עֲנָוָה ʻănâvâh · H6038 · humility, meekness
- Hebrew noun denoting humility or meekness, the direct lexical opposite of pride/lifting up in moral/spiritual contexts
- שֶׁפֶל shephel · H8216 · humble position
- Hebrew noun expressing lowliness or humble condition, the positional and moral opposite of lifting up/pride
In the other Testament 2 words
- ὑπερηφανία hyperēphanía · G5243 · pride, arrogance, haughtiness
- Greek noun denoting pride or arrogance, direct translation equivalent for גֵּוָה in contexts of haughtiness and lifting oneself up
- ὕψωμα hýpsōma · G5313 · high, world above, sky
- Greek noun capturing the sense of elevation/lifting up, particularly in contexts of pride or exaltation
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Great002001002012
- גֵּוָה (lifting up/pride) denotes pride or self-exaltation, as in the warning to keep a man from pride in Job 33:17 and the pride lamented in Jeremiah 13:17.
- People001001003
- This code is inherited from the shared listing with the homographic body-word גֵּוָה (gêvâh, H1465); it does not independently apply to the abstract pride sense attested in these citations.
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1466. gevah גֵּוָה noun feminine pride (contracted for גַּאֲוָה Ew§ 62 b, 73 b compare…
גֵּוָה noun feminine pride (contracted for גַּאֲוָה Ew§ 62 b, 73 b compare Aramaic Dan 4:34 & ᵑ7) —
1 pride Job 33:17; Jer 13:17.
2 lifting up Job 22:29 an exclamation, up! Ew Di De and others; but pride Hi Dr§ 154 n. (ed. 3).
גֵּאָיוֺת see גַּיְא.
I. גֵּוָה see below גאה.
גוה (project, be convex?).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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