Lexicon
גְּבַר
ge.var
H1400
A:N-M Hebrew

man

21
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

ge.var identifies a male individual or a group of males in narrative, official, and judicial settings.

The term denotes male persons, either an individual or a defined group, in scenes involving named figures, royal actions, accusations, decrees, and building work. The supplied forms occur as singular and plural nouns, with determined plural forms often pointing back to a particular group already in view.

Senses in use

  1. Male individual or group · dominant

    The singular absolute form identifies Daniel as the person brought before the king in Daniel 2:25, where the APB renders the clause, “I have found a man among the sons of the Judean exiles.” Plural forms identify groups in concrete actions: Daniel 3:20 concerns those commanded to bind and cast the three Judeans into the furnace, while Daniel 3:23 and Daniel 3:27 refer back to the three who fell into the fire and whose bodies were unharmed. In Ezra 5:10 and Ezra 6:8, determined plurals concern the persons whose names are sought and those receiving support for the work.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the relevant persons with “man,” “men,” “these men,” and “mighty men.” These English expressions confirm the clauses’ reference to persons but do not establish separate lexical senses.

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Across Scripture