Strong's Definition
from 1342; arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament
KJV Usage: excellency, haughtiness, highness, pride, proudly, swelling
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
גַּאֲוָה (ga.a.vah) — pride. 1) pride, majesty, a rising up 1a) a rising up, swelling (of the sea) 1b) majesty (of Israel) 1c) pride, haughtiness
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · גאה
High
rising, swelling = state in which a substance increases in volume, which manifests itself in an increasing height
Great | ≈ בּוּז · גָּאֹון · גֵּא · גֹּבַהּ · גֹּדֶל לֵבָב · עֶבְרָה · עֹז · עֵזֶר · עָתָק · רֻם לֵב | ≠ שְׁפַל־רוּחַ
greatness, glory, pride, arrogance = state in which humans or deities have an elevated status, either in their own eyes or in the eyes of other people, ≈ which can either be good or bad, depending on whether this status is justified
DEU 33:26 · DEU 33:29 · JOB 41:7 · PSA 10:2 · PSA 31:19 · PSA 31:24 · PSA 36:12 · PSA 46:4 · PSA 68:35 · PSA 73:6 · PRO 14:3 · PRO 29:23 · ISA 9:8 · ISA 13:3 · ISA 13:11 · ISA 16:6 · ISA 25:11 · JER 48:29 · ZEP 3:11
1 PSA 46:4 NIV "surging" NJPS "swell" NJB "heaves" ESV "swelling" = [1a] | RSV NRSV "tumult" GNT "violence" = [1b]? | REB his majesty" = [1c] | Dahood "its midst" = גֵּו 2 JOB 41:7 NEW NOTE 3 JOB 41:7 MT NJPS "pride" | HOTTP-C RSV NIV NRSV REB GNT CEV ESV "back" = גַּו 4 PRO 14:3 MT HOTTP-A LXX "ὕβρις" NJPS "haughtiness" NJB "pride" GNT CEV "proud" | RSV NIV NRSV REB ESV "back" = גֵּו
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גַּאֲוָה n.f. majesty, pride rising up, swelling of the sea
majesty
pride, haughtiness
base