Strong's #1396: gabar (pronounced gaw-bar')

a primitive root; to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently:--exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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gâbar

1) to prevail, have strength, be strong, be powerful, be mighty, be great

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to be strong, mighty

1a2) to prevail

1b) (Piel) to make strong, strengthen

1c) (Hiphil)

1c1) to confirm, give strength

1c2) to confirm (a covenant)

1d) (Hithpael)

1d1) to show oneself mighty

1d2) to act proudly (toward God)

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root

Usage:

This word is used 25 times:

 

Genesis 7:18: "And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went"
Genesis 7:19: "And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high"
Genesis 7:20: "Fifteen upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered."
Genesis 7:24: "And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days."
Genesis 49:26: "The blessings have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound"
Exodus 17:11: "held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek"
Exodus 17:11: "he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed."
1 Samuel 2:9: "by strength shall no man prevail."
2 Samuel 1:23: "divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions."
2 Samuel 11:23: "David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field,"
1 Chronicles 5:2: "For prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)"
Job 15:25: "his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty."
Job 21:7: "live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?"
Job 36:9: "and their transgressions that they have exceeded."
Psalms 12:4: "Who With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord"
Psalms 65:3: "Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away."
Psalms 103:11: "is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear"
Psalms 117:2: "For is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth forever. Praise"
Ecclesiastes 10:10: "do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct."
Isaiah 42:13: "he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies."
Jeremiah 9:3: "like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed"
Lamentations 1:16: "desolate, because the enemy prevailed."
Daniel 9:27: " And he shall confirm with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice"
Zechariah 10:6: " And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again"
Zechariah 10:12: " And I will strengthen and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD."