Gibborim (biblical)

Gibborim (Hebrew: גִּבֹּרִ֛ים, singular גִּבֹּר gibbor) is a Hebrew word that can be glossed 'mightiest', and is an intensive for gabar (גּבר 'mighty'). In the Hebrew Bible it is used to describe people who are valiant, mighty, or of great stature. There is some confusion about Gibborim as a class of beings because of the term's use in Genesis 6:4, which describes the Nephilim as mighty (gibborim).

The word gibborim' is used in the Tanakh over 150 times and applied to men as well as lions (Proverbs 30:30), hunters (Genesis 10:9), soldiers (Jeremiah 51:30) and leaders (Daniel 11:3). The word is also applied to David's Mighty Warriors, a group of 37 men who fought with King David identified in 2 Samuel 23:8–38.

In Modern Hebrew the word gibbor (גִּבּוֹר) equates with the English word 'hero' (if noun), or 'brave' (if adjective).

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