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Job 41:7
“Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גַּאֲוָהgaʼăvâh · gah-av-aw'
H1346 · Hebrew
H1346 · Hebrew
- Definition
- arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
- Derivation
- from H1342 (גָּאָה);
- KJV renderings
- excellency, haughtiness, highness, pride, proudly, swelling.
- Grammar
- גַּ֭אֲוָה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 33:26Deuteronomy 33:29Psalms 10:2Psalms 31:19Psalms 31:24
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גַּאֲוָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.