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גֶּבֶר
geber · Hebrew · Strong's H1397 · 65 occurrences
The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “man”
What it means
properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
from H1396 (גָּבַר);
How the KJV renders it
every one, 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), gibbôwr (H1368), gᵉbar (H1399), gᵉbar (H1400), châkâm (H2450), chârash (H2790), nephesh (H5315), rôʼsh (H7218), rab (H7227), rêyq (H7386), raʻ (H7451), râʻaʻ (H7489)
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Where it appears
65 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 23:3 · HR/Ncmpa
The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
1 Chronicles 24:4 · HTd/Ncmpa
There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and they were divided like this: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers’ houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ houses, eight.
1 Chronicles 26:12 · HTd/Ncmpa
Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in Yahweh’s house.
2 Samuel 23:1 · HTd/Ncmsa
Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
Daniel 8:15 · HNcmsa
When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me someone with the appearance of a man.
Deuteronomy 22:5 · HNcmsa
A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
Exodus 10:11 HTd/NcmpaExodus 12:37 HTd/NcmpaHabakkuk 2:5 HNcmsaIsaiah 22:17 HNcmsaJudges 5:30 HNcmsaJeremiah 17:5 HTd/NcmsaJeremiah 17:7 HTd/NcmsaJeremiah 22:30 HNcmsaJeremiah 23:9 HC/R/NcmsaJeremiah 30:6 HNcmsaJeremiah 31:22 HNcmsaJeremiah 41:16 HNcmpaJeremiah 43:6 HTd/NcmpaJeremiah 44:20 HTd/NcmpaJob 3:3 HNcmsaJob 3:23 HR/NcmsaJob 4:17 HNcmsaJob 10:5 HNcmsaJob 14:10 HC/NcmsaJob 14:14 HNcmsaJob 16:21 HR/NcmsaJob 22:2 HNcmsaJob 33:17 HR/NcmsaJob 33:29 HNcmsaJob 34:7 HNcmsaJob 34:9 HNcmsaJob 34:34 HC/NcmsaJob 38:3 HR/NcmsaJob 40:7 HR/NcmsaJoel 2:8 HNcmsaJoshua 7:14 HRd/NcmpaJoshua 7:17 HRd/NcmpaJoshua 7:18 HRd/NcmpaLamentations 3:1 HTd/NcmsaLamentations 3:27 HRd/NcmsaLamentations 3:35 HNcmsaLamentations 3:39 HNcmsaMicah 2:2 HNcmsaNumbers 24:3 HTd/NcmsaNumbers 24:15 HTd/NcmsaProverbs 6:34 HNcmsaProverbs 20:24 HNcmsaProverbs 24:5 HNcmsaProverbs 28:3 HNcmsaProverbs 28:21 HNcmsaProverbs 29:5 HNcmsaProverbs 30:1 HTd/NcmsaProverbs 30:19 HNcmsaPsalm 34:8 HTd/NcmsaPsalm 37:23 HNcmsaPsalm 40:4 HTd/NcmsaPsalm 52:7 HTd/NcmsaPsalm 88:4 HR/NcmsaPsalm 89:48 HNcmsa
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.