גֵּוָה
gêvâh · H1467 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
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
ExamplesDaniel 4:37 “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just; and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
How it’s used In 1 role
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
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 synonym for prideful arrogance, closely parallel in semantic range to גֵּוָה, both denote haughty self-exaltation
Contrasting words 2 words
- עֲנָוָה ʻănâvâh · H6038 · humility, meekness
- Classic lexical opposite of pride; humility stands as the direct antonym to prideful self-exaltation in biblical Hebrew
- שֶׁפֶל shephel · H8216 · humble position
- Denotes low estate and humble condition, lexical opposite of the elevated prideful state expressed by גֵּוָה
In the other Testament 1 word
- ὑπερηφανία hyperēphanía · G5243 · pride, arrogance, haughtiness
- Direct Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew 'pride' (גֵּוָה), standard rendering in LXX for pride concepts
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Great002001002012
- Daniel 4:37 recounts that Nebuchadnezzar closes his praise of the King of heaven by declaring that He “is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
- People001001003
- This People code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “back” sense (a body-part homonym); this word's single occurrence, describing pride, does not attest that sense.
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
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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