גִּבּוֹר

gibbôwr · Hebrew · Strong's H1368 · 159 occurrences

The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “man”

What it means

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

or גִּבֹּר; (shortened) intensive from the same as H1397 (גֶּבֶר);

How the KJV renders it

champion, chief, giant, man, mighty man, one, strong, valiant man

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“man”

also renders ánthrōpos (G444), anḗr (G435), árrhēn (G730), téleios (G5046), heîs (G1520), anthrṓpinos (G442), ischyrós (G2478), oudeís (G3762), ʼîysh (H376), ʼĕnâsh (H606), bâgad (H898), bîyn (H995), baʻal (H1167), geber (H1397), gᵉbar (H1399), gᵉbar (H1400), châkâm (H2450), chârash (H2790), nephesh (H5315), rôʼsh (H7218), rab (H7227), rêyq (H7386), raʻ (H7451), râʻaʻ (H7489)

“strong”

also renders enérgeia (G1753), mégas (G3173), stereós (G4731), dynatós (G1415), ʼabbîyr (H47), ʼêythân (H386), ʼêl (H410), bâtsar (H1219), gerem (H1634), châzâq (H2389), chayil (H2428), chăçîyn (H2626), kabbîyr (H3524), mibtsâr (H4013), mâtsôwr (H4692), ʻaz (H5794), ʻôz (H5797), ʻizzûwz (H5808), ʻâtsûwm (H6099), ʻatstsumâh (H6110), ʻârîyts (H6184), taqqîyph (H8624)

“one”

also renders tìs (G5100), állos (G243), eirḗnē (G1515), hékastos (G1538), héteros (G2087), heîs (G1520), ʼechâd (H259), ʼîysh (H376), ʼalmônîy (H492), ʼishshâh (H802), gam (H1571), chad (H2297), chad (H2298), yâpheh (H3303), nephesh (H5315), pᵉthîy (H6612), rab (H7227), rûwm (H7311), rak (H7390), raʻ (H7451)

“chief”

also renders prōtos (G4413), árchōn (G758), chilíarchos (G5506), hēgéomai (G2233), ʼâb (H1), nâgîyd (H5057), nâsîyʼ (H5387), pinnâh (H6438), rêʼsh (H7217), rêʼshîyth (H7225), rab (H7229), sar (H8269)

“giant”

also renders râphâʼ (H7497)

“mighty man”

also renders ʼîysh (H376)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

159 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 1:10 · HAamsa

Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.

1 Chronicles 5:24 · HAampc

These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel—mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.

1 Chronicles 7:2 · HAampc

The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations. Their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.

1 Chronicles 7:5 · HAampc

Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, listed in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.

1 Chronicles 7:7 · HAampc

The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and they were listed by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.

1 Chronicles 7:9 · HAampc

They were listed by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred.

1 Chronicles 7:11 HAampc1 Chronicles 7:40 HAampc1 Chronicles 8:40 HAampc1 Chronicles 9:13 HAampc1 Chronicles 9:26 HAampc1 Chronicles 11:10 HTd/Aampa1 Chronicles 11:11 HTd/Aampa1 Chronicles 11:12 HTd/Aampa1 Chronicles 11:19 HTd/Aampa1 Chronicles 11:24 HTd/Aampa1 Chronicles 11:26 HC/Aampc1 Chronicles 12:1 HRd/Aampa1 Chronicles 12:4 HAamsa1 Chronicles 12:8 HAampc1 Chronicles 12:21 HAampc1 Chronicles 12:25 HAampc1 Chronicles 12:28 HAamsc1 Chronicles 12:30 HAampc1 Chronicles 19:8 HTd/Aampa1 Chronicles 26:6 HAampc1 Chronicles 26:31 HAampc1 Chronicles 27:6 HAamsc1 Chronicles 28:1 HAamsc1 Chronicles 29:24 HC/Td/Aampa1 Kings 1:8 HC/Td/Aampa1 Kings 1:10 HTd/Aampa1 Kings 11:28 HAamsc1 Samuel 2:4 HAampa1 Samuel 9:1 HAamsc1 Samuel 14:52 HAamsa1 Samuel 16:18 HC/Aamsc1 Samuel 17:51 HAamsc/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 13:3 HAampc2 Chronicles 14:8 HAampc2 Chronicles 17:13 HAampc2 Chronicles 17:14 HAampc2 Chronicles 17:16 HAamsc2 Chronicles 17:17 HAamsc2 Chronicles 25:6 HAamsc2 Chronicles 26:12 HR/Aampc2 Chronicles 28:7 HAamsc2 Chronicles 32:3 HC/Aampc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 32:21 HAamsc2 Kings 5:1 HAamsc2 Kings 15:20 HAampc2 Kings 24:14 HAampc2 Kings 24:16 HAampa2 Samuel 1:19 HAampa2 Samuel 1:21 HAampa2 Samuel 1:22 HAampa2 Samuel 1:25 HAampa2 Samuel 1:27 HAampa2 Samuel 10:7 HTd/Aampa2 Samuel 16:6 HTd/Aampa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.