גָּבַר gâbar — to be strong
Translated in the KJV as exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more, strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.
a primitive root; to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently.
gâbar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 12Wayyiqtol 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.
And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›