EL-GIBHOR (Gibbor): The Strong and Mighty God
“Gibhor” means “strong” or “mighty”. Combined with “El”, it exclaims to us that YHWH is The Strong and Mighty God, as declared in …
- Jeremiah 32:17-18 - “ 17Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: 18Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God [= El Gibhor], the LORD of hosts [= YHWH-Tzva'ot], is his name,”
- Isaiah 10:21 - “The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God [= El Gibhor].”
- Isaiah calls Messiah “Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God (El Gibhor), Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isa. 9:6).
“Mighty God” (Isaiah 9:6) – the name describing the Messiah, Christ Jesus, in this prophetic portion of Isaiah. As a powerful and mighty warrior, the Messiah, the Mighty God, will accomplish the destruction of God’s enemies and rule with a rod of iron (Revelation 19:15).
- “And now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God (El Gibhor), who keeps his covenant of unfailing love, do not let all the hardships we have suffered be as nothing to you. “ Nehemiah 9:32a
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Gib’bar [mighty man, hero]
A man whose children, or a place of whose former inhabitants some descendants, returned from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezdra ii,20). In the parallel passage in Neh. vii, 25 Gibeon stands in place of Gibar. (davis dictionary of the bible – John D. Davis – BAKER)
