Definition

force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory

Etymology

feminine passive participle from the same as H1368 (גִּבּוֹר);

Where the KJV renders it

• force
• mastery
• might
• mighty (act
• power)
• power
• strength

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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