Word

גָּעַר

gâʻar · H1605 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

to rebuke, to scold

Action by which humans or deities speak to animals, humans, deities, or natural objects in anger, in order to express their displeasure and cause them to change their behavior

Examples
Genesis 37:10 He also told it to his father as well as to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have had? Am I and your mother and your brothers actually going to come to bow down to the ground before you?”
Ruth 2:16 “Also you are to purposely slip out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it so that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.”
Psalm 9:5 You have rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked; You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

14 occurrences in 9 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 4
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

גּוֹיnation, people 1
זֵדpresumptuous 1
זֶרַעoffspring, seed 1
חַיalive, living 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

11 occurrences in 9 groups

Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לֹאnot 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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In the other Testament 1 word

ἐπιτιμάω epitimáō · G2008 · to rebuke, to denounce, to command: Greek ἐπιτιμάω (epitimaō) renders Hebrew גָּעַר (gā'ar) as its standard LXX equivalent for verbal rebuke or censure, capturing the authoritative correction sense shared across both lexemes.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Rebuke002004001009011: The verb describes rebuking or reproving sharply, used of Jacob rebuking Joseph for his dream and of the LORD's rebuke that dries up the sea.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

גָּעַרgâʻar · H1605גְּעָרָה gᵉʻârâh · H1606 · rebuke, scolding · 15×מִגְעֶרֶת migʻereth · H4045 · rebuke, scolding · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1605. gaar גָּעַר verb rebuke (Aramaic גְּעַר id., Ethiopic cry out, Sabean יגער proper…

H1605. gaar
גָּעַר verb rebuke (Aramaic גְּעַר id., Ethiopic cry out, Sabean יגער proper name, SabDenkmp. 29.30) — Isa 17:13; גָּעַרְתָּ Psa 9:6 Psa 9:2t., etc.; Imperfect יִגְעַר Zec 3:2-3t., תִּגְעֲרוּ Rth 2:16; Imperative גְּעַר Psa 68:31; Infinitive מִגְּעָרֿ Isa 54:9; Participle גּוֺעֵר Nah 1:4, גֹּעֵר Mal 2:3; — with בְּ except Psa 9:6; Psa 68:31; Psa 119:21; Mal 2:3 where accusative; —
1 rebuke, father his son Gen 37:10 (E), reapers Ruth Rth 2:16, priest Jeremiah Jer 29:27.
2 of God rebuking nations Psa 9:6; Isa 17:13, proud Psa 119:21, Satan Zec 3:2 (twice in verse), קנה חית Psa 68:31, בָּאֹכֵל (the devouring swarm of locusts, restraining them) Mal 3:11, the sea drying it up Psa 106:9; Nah 1:4, Zion Isa 54:9; הַזֶּרַע the seed (prevent the usual harvest) Mal 2:3 (ᵐ5 Aq הַזְּרֹעַ ᵑ9, the arm, namely, of priests, that they may not extend it to bless).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Rebuke14 occurrences

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