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Lexicon :: Strong's H1347 - gā'ôn

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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Exo 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 - And in the greatness of Your excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth Your wrath;
It consumed them like stubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:19 - I will break the pride of your power;
I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:12 - There they cry out, but He does not answer,
Because of the pride of evil men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:4 - After it a voice roars;
He thunders with His majestic voice,
And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:11 - When I said,
‘This far you may come, but no farther,
And here your proud waves must stop!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:10 - Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:4 - He will choose our inheritance for us,
The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
Let them even be taken in their pride,
And for the cursing and lying which they speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:13 - The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10 - Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust,
From the terror of the LORD
And the glory of His majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - They shall go into the holes of the rocks,
And into the caves of the earth,
From the terror of the LORD
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - To go into the clefts of the rocks,
And into the crags of the rugged rocks,
From the terror of the LORD
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:2 - In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious;
And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing
For those of Israel who have escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - “I will punish the world for its evil,
And the wicked for their iniquity;
I will halt the arrogance of the proud,
And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:19 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:11 - Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
And the sound of your stringed instruments;
The maggot is spread under you,
And worms cover you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:6 - We have heard of the pride of Moab—
He is very proud—
Of his haughtiness and his pride and his wrath;
But his lies shall not be so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:9 - The LORD of hosts has purposed it,
To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory,
To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:14 - They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing;
For the majesty of the LORD
They shall cry aloud from the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:15 - “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
So that no one went through you,
I will make you an eternal excellence,
A joy of many generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
Then how can you contend with horses?
And if in the land of peace,
In which you trusted, they wearied you,
Then how will you do in the floodplain[fn] of the Jordan?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:9 - “Thus says the LORD: ‘In this manner I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:29 - “We have heard the pride of Moab
(He is exceedingly proud),
Of his loftiness and arrogance and pride,
And of the haughtiness of his heart.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - “Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain[fn] of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will suddenly make him run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - “Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain[fn] of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will make them suddenly run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - ‘As for the beauty of his ornaments,
He set it in majesty;
But they made from it
The images of their abominations—
Their detestable things;
Therefore I have made it
Like refuse to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24 - Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles,
And they will possess their houses;
I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease,
And their holy places shall be defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49 - “Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:56

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - “For your sister Sodom was not a byword in your mouth in the days of your pride,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the delight of your soul; and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6 - ‘Thus says the LORD:

“Those who uphold Egypt shall fall,
And the pride of her power shall come down.
From Migdol to Syene
Those within her shall fall by the sword,”
Says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:18 - At Tehaphnehes[fn] the day shall also be darkened,[fn]
When I break the yokes of Egypt there.
And her arrogant strength shall cease in her;
As for her, a cloud shall cover her,
And her daughters shall go into captivity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - ‘By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall.

‘They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt,
And all its multitude shall be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28 - “For I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 - The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also stumbles with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10 - And the pride of Israel testifies to his face,
But they do not return to the LORD their God,
Nor seek Him for all this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 - The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself,
The LORD God of hosts says:
“I abhor the pride of Jacob,
And hate his palaces;
Therefore I will deliver up the city
And all that is in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:7 - The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
“Surely I will never forget any of their works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 - And He shall stand and feed His flock
In the strength of the LORD,
In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God;
And they shall abide,
For now He shall be great
To the ends of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:2 - For the LORD will restore the excellence of Jacob
Like the excellence of Israel,
For the emptiers have emptied them out
And ruined their vine branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - This they shall have for their pride,
Because they have reproached and made arrogant threats
Against the people of the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:6 - “A mixed race shall settle in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:11 - He shall pass through the sea with affliction,
And strike the waves of the sea:
All the depths of the River[fn] shall dry up.
Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,
And the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 - There is the sound of wailing shepherds!
For their glory is in ruins.
There is the sound of roaring lions!
For the pride[fn] of the Jordan is in ruins.
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