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Lexicon :: Strong's H1347 - gā'ôn

Aa
גָּאוֹן
Transliteration
gā'ôn
Pronunciation
gaw-ohn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 299e

Strong’s Definitions

גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn, gaw-ohn'; from H1342; the same as H1346:—arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H1347 in the following manner: pride (20x), excellency (10x), majesty (7x), pomp (5x), swelling (3x), arrogancy (2x), excellent (1x), proud (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H1347 in the following manner: pride (20x), excellency (10x), majesty (7x), pomp (5x), swelling (3x), arrogancy (2x), excellent (1x), proud (1x).

  1. exaltation, majesty, pride

    1. majesty, exaltation, excellence

      1. of nations

      2. of God

      3. of the Jordan

    2. pride, arrogance (bad sense)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn, gaw-ohn'; from H1342; the same as H1346:—arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.
STRONGS H1347: Abbreviations
† גָּאוֺן noun masculineHosea 5:5 exaltation — Job 40:10 + 5 times; construct גְּאוֺן Leviticus 26:19 + 31 times; suffix גְּאוֺנְךָ etc. Exodus 15:7 + 9 times; plural suffix גְּאוֺנָ֑יִךְ Ezekiel 16:56; —
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 Greek Version of the LXX 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; הֲדַר גְּאֹנוֺ Isaiah 2:10, 19, 21; יַרְעֵם בְּקוֺל גְּאוֺנוֺ Job 37:4; עֲדֵה נָא גָּאוֺן 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).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:7; 15:7

Leviticus

26:19; 26:19

Job

35:12; 37:4; 38:11; 40:10; 40:10

Psalms

47:5; 59:13

Proverbs

8:13; 16:18

Isaiah

2:10; 2:19; 2:21; 4:2; 13:11; 13:19; 14:11; 16:6; 23:9; 24:14; 60:15

Jeremiah

12:5; 13:9; 13:9; 48:29; 49:19; 50:44

Ezekiel

7:20; 7:24; 16:49; 16:56; 16:56; 24:21; 30:6; 30:18; 32:12; 33:28

Hosea

5:5; 5:5; 7:10

Amos

6:8; 8:7

Micah

5:3

Nahum

2:3; 2:3

Zephaniah

2:10

Zechariah

9:6; 10:11; 11:3

H1347

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Strong's Number H1347 matches the Hebrew גָּאוֹן (gā'ôn),
which occurs 49 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 - When you are lifted up in power, all those who come against you are crushed: when you send out your wrath, they are burned up like dry grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:19 - And the pride of your strength will be broken, and I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as brass;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:12 - There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:4 - After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:10 - Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:4 - He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13 - The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10 - Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:2 - In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beautiful town which is the pride of the Chaldaeans, will be like God's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - Your pride has gone down into the underworld, and the noise of your instruments of music; the worms are under you, and your body is covered with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:6 - We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 - It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:14 - But those will be making sounds of joy; they will be crying loudly from the sea for the glory of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:15 - And though you were turned away from, and hated, and had no helper, I will make you a pride for ever, a joy from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:9 - The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:29 - We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride; and his great opinion of himself, and that his heart is lifted up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - As for their beautiful ornament, they had put it on high, and had made the images of their disgusting and hated things in it: for this cause I have made it an unclean thing to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24 - For this reason I will send the worst of the nations and they will take their houses for themselves: I will make the pride of their strength come to an end; and their holy places will be made unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49 - Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - Was not your sister Sodom an oath in your mouth in the day of your pride,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - Say to the people of Israel, The Lord has said, See, I will make my holy place unclean, the pride of your strength, the pleasure of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and daughters, who did not come with you here, will be put to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6 - This is what the Lord has said: The supporters of Egypt will have a fall, and the pride of her power will come down: from Migdol to Syene they will be put to the sword in it, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:18 - And at Tehaphnehes the day will become dark, when the yoke of Egypt is broken there, and the pride of her power comes to an end: as for her, she will be covered with a cloud, and her daughters will be taken away prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - I will let the swords of the strong be the cause of the fall of your people; all of them men to be feared among the nations: and they will make waste the pride of Egypt, and all its people will come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28 - And I will make the land a waste and a cause of wonder, and the pride of her strength will come to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be made waste so that no one will go through.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 - And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10 - And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; but for all this, they have not gone back to the Lord their God, or made search for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:7 - The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 - And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:2 - For the Lord will make good the vine of Jacob, as well as the vine of Israel: for the wasters have made them waste and sent destruction on the branches of their vine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - This will be their fate because of their pride, because they have said evil, lifting themselves up against the people of the Lord of armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:6 - And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - And they will go through the sea of Egypt, and all the deep waters of the Nile will become dry: and the pride of Assyria will be made low, and the power of Egypt will be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 - The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.
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