Strong's Hebrew · H1346
גַּאֲוָה
gaʼăvâh · gah-av-aw'
Definitionarrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
Derivationfrom H1342 (גָּאָה);
KJV usageexcellency, haughtiness, highness, pride, proudly, swelling.
Occurrences19 in the KJV · 19 verses
גַּאֲוָה in Scripture
Deuteronomy 33:26
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Job 41:15
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
Psalms 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalms 31:23
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Psalms 36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Psalms 46:3
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Psalms 68:34
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
Psalms 73:6
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 29:23
A man' s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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