גִּבּוֹר gibbôwr

Meaning

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

In the King James Version: champion, chief, [idiom] excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.

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

Where it is used

• 1 Chronicles 12:4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;
• 1 Chronicles 12:8 Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
• 1 Chronicles 12:21 They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.
• 1 Chronicles 12:25 From Simeon: 7,100 mighty men of valor, ready for battle.
• 1 Chronicles 12:28 and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.
• 1 Chronicles 12:30 From Ephraim: 20,800 mighty men of valor, famous among their own clans.
• 1 Chronicles 19:8 On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
• 1 Chronicles 26:6 Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.
• 1 Chronicles 26:31 As for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.
• 1 Chronicles 27:6 This Benaiah was mighty among the Thirty and was over the Thirty, and his son Ammizabad was in charge of his division.
• 1 Chronicles 28:1 Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.
• 1 Chronicles 29:24 All the officials and mighty men, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
• 2 Chronicles 13:3 Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
• 2 Chronicles 14:8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
• 2 Chronicles 17:13 and kept vast supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had warriors in Jerusalem who were mighty men of valor.
• 2 Chronicles 17:14 These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;
• 2 Chronicles 17:16 and next to him, Amasiah son of Zichri, the volunteer for the LORD, and with him 200,000 mighty men of valor.
• 2 Chronicles 17:17 From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 armed with bows and shields;
• 2 Chronicles 25:6 He also hired 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
• 2 Chronicles 26:12 The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
• 2 Chronicles 28:7 Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.
• 2 Chronicles 32:3 he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.
• 2 Chronicles 32:21 and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
• Ezra 7:28 and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
• Nehemiah 3:16 Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.
• Nehemiah 9:32 So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
• Nehemiah 11:14 and his associates—128 mighty men of valor. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was their overseer.
• Job 16:14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
• Psalms 19:5 Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,
• Psalms 24:8 Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
• Psalms 33:16 No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
• Psalms 45:3 Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
• Psalms 52:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
• Psalms 78:65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
• Psalms 89:19 You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
• Psalms 103:20 Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
• Psalms 112:2 His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
• Psalms 120:4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
• Psalms 127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
• Proverbs 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
• Proverbs 21:22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
• Proverbs 30:30 a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
• Ecclesiastes 9:11 I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
• Song of Solomon 3:7 Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
• Song of Solomon 4:4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
• Isaiah 3:2 the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,
• Isaiah 5:22 Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
• Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Isaiah 10:21 A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God.
• Isaiah 13:3 I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
• Isaiah 21:17 The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
• Isaiah 42:13 The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
• Isaiah 49:24 Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?
• Isaiah 49:25 Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
• Jeremiah 5:16 Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
• Jeremiah 9:23 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
• Jeremiah 14:9 Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
• Jeremiah 20:11 But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
• Jeremiah 26:21 King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
• Jeremiah 32:18 You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,