Gaon גָּאוֹן

Gaon (Hebrew גָּאוֹן, Strong's H1347) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “pride”. It occurs 49 times in 45 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Pride

Verses

Every verse with Gaon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 15:7
  And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 26:19
  And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

Job

• Job 35:12
  There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
• Job 37:4
  After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
• Job 38:11
  And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
• Job 40:10
  Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.

Psalms

• Psalm 47:4
  He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
• Psalm 59:12
  For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 8:13
  The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
• Proverbs 16:18
  Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 2:10
  Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
• Isaiah 2:19
  And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
• Isaiah 2:21
  To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
• Isaiah 4:2
  In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
• Isaiah 13:11
  And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
• Isaiah 13:19
  And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 14:11
  Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
• Isaiah 16:6
  We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
• Isaiah 23:9
  The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
• Isaiah 24:14
  They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.
• Isaiah 60:15
  Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 12:5
  If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
• Jeremiah 13:9
  Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 48:29
  We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
• Jeremiah 49:19
  Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
• Jeremiah 50:44
  Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 7:20
  As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
• Ezekiel 7:24
  Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.
• Ezekiel 16:49
  Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
• Ezekiel 16:56
  For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of your pride,
• Ezekiel 24:21
  Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
• Ezekiel 30:6
  Thus saith the Lord; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord God.For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 30:18
  At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
• Ezekiel 32:12
  By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.
• Ezekiel 33:28
  For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

Hosea

• Hosea 5:5
  And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
• Hosea 7:10
  And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this.Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

Amos

• Amos 6:8
  The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
• Amos 8:7
  The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

Micah

• Micah 5:4
  And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.

Nahum

• Nahum 2:2
  For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 2:10
  This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 9:6
  And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
• Zechariah 10:11
  And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
• Zechariah 11:3
  There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).