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Strong's #1347 - גָּאוֹן
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- exaltation, majesty, pride
- majesty, exaltation, excellence
- of nations
- of God
- of the Jordan
- pride, arrogance (bad sense)
- majesty, exaltation, excellence
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1047) ac (גא GA) AC: ? CO: High AB: Pride: The pictograph c , a picture of the foot representing the idea to carry or lift. The a represents strength. Combined these letters mean a “lifting strength”. To lift something up high. This root is related to ecand fc.
A) ac (גא GA) AC: ? CO: High AB: Pride
Nm ) ac (גא GA) - Pride: Someone that is elevated to a higher position. KJV (1): pride - Strongs: H1341 (גֵּא)
Nf1) eac (גאה GAH) - Pride: A lifting up of oneself. KJV (1): pride - Strongs: H1344 (גֵּאָה)
Nf3) tfac (גאות GAWT) - Pride: Someone that is elevated to a higher position. Also the idea of majestic. KJV (8): pride, majesty, proudly, raging, lift up, excellent things - Strongs: H1348 (גֵּאוּת)
jm) nfac (גאונ GAWN) - Pride: Someone that is elevated to a higher position. Also the idea of majestic. KJV (49): pride, excellency, majesty, pomp, swelling, arrogancy, excellent, proud - Strongs: H1347 (גָּאוֹן)
fjm) nfiac (גאיונ GAYWN) - Pride: Someone that is elevated to a higher position. KJV (1): proud - Strongs: H1349 (גַּאֲיוֹן)
K) fac (גאו GAW) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Pride
Nf1 ) efac (גאוה GAWH) - Pride: A lifting up in a positive or negative sense. KJV (19): pride, excellency, haughtiness, arrogancy, highness, proud, proudly, swelling - Strongs: H1346 (גַּאֲוָה)
M) aic (גיא GYA) AC: ? CO: Valley AB: ?: The high walls of a valley, gorge or ravine.
Nm/f) aic (גיא GYA) - Valley: [df: yg] KJV (60): valley - Strongs: H1516 (גַּי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 exaltation, majesty, excellence,
a. of nations, their wealth, power, magnificence of buildings, e.g. Egypt Ezekiel 32:12, Chaldeans Isaiah 13:11,19; Isaiah 14:11, Philistines Zechariah 9:6, Assyria Zechariah 10:11, Jacob Psalm 47:5; Amos 6:8; Amos 8:7; Nahum 2:3, Israel Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10 (probably appellation of ׳י), Nahum 2:3, Judah Jeremiah 13:9, Jerusalem Jeremiah 13:9; Ezekiel 16:56; גְּאוֺן עֻזָּהּ pride of her strength Ezekiel 30:6,18; Ezekiel 33:28; גאון עזים Ezekiel 7:24 (but ᵐ5 Ew Hi Co read עזם); גאון עזכם Leviticus 26:19; Ezekiel 24:21; the fruit of land of Judah will become לגאון ולתפארת majestic and beautiful Isaiah 4:2; גאון כל צבי the majesty of all the splendour (of Tyre) Isaiah 23:9; Zion is to become גאון עולם an everlasting excellency Isaiah 60:15.
b. of God Exodus 15:7; Isaiah 24:14; Micah 5:3; הֲדַרגְּאֹנוֺ Isaiah 2:10,19,21; יַרְעֵם בְּקוֺל גְּאוֺנוֺ Job 37:4; עֲדֵה נָאגָּאוֺן וָגֹבַהּ Job 40:10.
c. גאון הירדן majesty of Jordan, referring to the green and shady banks, clothed with willows, tamarisks, and cane, in which the lions made their covert Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44; Zechariah 11:3, and therefore dangerous Jeremiah 12:5 (Ew thinks of the swelling of its agitated waters); גְּאוֺן גַּלֶּיךָ majesty of thy waves Job 38:11.
2 pride (bad sense) Job 35:12; Psalm 59:13; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 7:20; Ezekiel 16:49; Zephaniah 2:10; of Moab Isaiah 16:6 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 48:29 (twice in verse).
גָּאוֹן const. גְּאוֹן, once pl. גְּאוֹנִים (from the root גָּאָה), Ezekiel 16:56, pr. elevation; hence
(1) sublimity, majesty, of God, Exodus 15:7; Isaiah 2:10, 19, 21 24:14, בִּגְאוֹן יְיָ עָֽהֲלוּ “they sing with joy of the majesty of Jehovah.” Job 37:4, קוֹל גְּאוֹנוֹ “his sublime voice,” thunder. Job 40:10, עֲדֵה־נָא גָּאוֹן וָגֹבַהּ “deck thyself, now, with majesty and magnificence.” Micah 5:3.
(2) ornament, glory, splendour, Isaiah 4:2, 60:15, “I will make thee גְּאוֹן עוֹלָם a perpetual glory.” Isaiah 13:19, תִּפְאֶרֶת גְּאוֹן כַּשְׂדִּים “the splendid glory of the Chaldeans,” said of the city of Babylon. Isaiah 14:11. Psalms 47:5, גְּאוֹן יַעֲקֹב “the glory of Jacob,” i.e. the Holy Land; also, God himself, Amos 8:7. גְּאוֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן “the glory of Jordan,” poet. used of its green and shady banks, beautifully clothed with willows, tamarisks, and cane, where lions used to lie hid amongst the reeds, Jeremiah 12:5, 49:19 50:44 Zechariah 11:3 comp. Jerome on Zec. loc. cit.; Relandi Palæstina, page 274.
(3) i.q. גַּאֲוָה No. 3, pride, arrogance. Proverbs 16:18, “pride goeth before a fall.” גְּאוֹן יַעֲקֹב “the pride of Jacob,” Amos 6:8; Nahum 2:3; Job 35:12; Isaiah 13:11, 16:6. It is also ascribed to the waves, Job 38:11. Compare גֵּאוּת No. 4.