גֵּוָה
geva · pride, lifting up
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1466 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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geva (גֵּוָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pride, lifting up”.
Lifting up, elevation; figuratively, pride.
How to say it
ge·va
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Thinking oneself more than one is.
- Being raised up again.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- pride ×2
- Up ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 22:29
When they bring someone low, you will say, ‘Up,’ and the one with downcast eyes he will save.
- Job 33:17
to turn aside a human being from his deed, and pride from a man he covers;
- Jeremiah 13:17
But if you do not hear it, in secret places my soul will weep because of pride, and will weep bitterly, and my eye will run down with tears, for the flock of YHWH has been taken captive.