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# גַּאֲוָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1346

**majesty** — used 19 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

majesty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1346/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גַּאֲוָה: n.f. majesty, pride [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1346/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. majesty, pride (cf. Syriac ܓܰܐܝܽܘܬܳܐ )—Jb 41:7 + 6 times; cstr. גַּאֲוַת Pr 29:23 + 2 times; sf. גַּאֲוָתִי Is 13:3 + 8 times;— rising up, swelling of the sea ψ 46:4. majesty, of Israel Dt 33:29, Moab Is 16:6 = Je 48:29, scales of crocodile Jb 41:7, of God Dt 33:26 ψ 68:35. pride, haughtiness ψ 10:2; 31:19, 24; 36:12; 73:6 Pr 14:3; 29:23 Is 9:8; 13:11; 25:11; עליזי גאותי my proudly exulting ones Is 13:3 cf. Zp 3:11.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: pride (5); haughtiness (3); majesty (2).

## In the verses

[Job 41:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.7/#tree)

גַּ֭אֲוָה אֲפִיקֵ֣י מָֽגִנִּ֑ים סָ֝ג֗וּר חוֹתָ֥ם צָֽר׃

*Word for word:* pride \[is\].rows of.shields \[it.is\].shut.up a.seal tight

*JPS 1917:* His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

[Proverbs 29:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.23/#tree)

גַּאֲוַ֣ת אָ֭דָם תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ וּשְׁפַל־ר֝֗וּחַ יִתְמֹ֥ךְ כָּבֽוֹד׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].pride of.a.person it will.bring.him.low and a.\[person\].lowly of.spirit he.will.attain honor

*JPS 1917:* A man's pride shall bring him low; but he that is of a lowly spirit shall attain to honour.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1346.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1346/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).