Gibor (גיבור) means hero in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
hero
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Gibor.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1גם תואר בעל כוחות נפשיים לעמוד מול פני הסכנה.
וְצָדוֹק הַכֹּהֵן וּבְנָיָהוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָע וְנָתָן הַנָּבִיא וְשִׁמְעִי וְרֵעִי וְהַגִּבּוֹרִים אֲשֶׁר לְדָוִד לֹא הָיוּ עִם־אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ.
- 2בהשאלההדמות הראשית ביצירה ספרותית או קולנועית
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Gibor is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- גִּבּוֹר
- Written without vowel points
- גיבור
- Said
- gibor
- Root
- ג־ב־ר
- Pattern
- קִטּוֹל
- Plural
- גִּבּוֹרִים
- Feminine form
- גִּבּוֹרָה
- Inflections
- נ' גִּבּוֹרָה, ר' גִּבּוֹרִים
- Gematria
- 221
This is how Gibor is said in other languages.
- English
- hero
- Arabic
- بطل
- Russian
- герой
- French
- héros
- Spanish
- héroe
- German
- Held
- Yiddish
- העלד, גבור
These words mean nearly the same as Gibor.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Gibor.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Gibor.
The word Gibor is part of these phrases and sayings.
- איזהו גיבור הכובש את יצרו
- איך נפלו גיבורים
- אנטי גיבור
- גיבור חיל
- גיבור טרגי
- גיבור ישראל
- גיבור כוח
- גיבור מלחמה
- גיבור על
- גיבור ציד
- גיבור רוח
- שמשון הגיבור
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Gibor comes from the root ג־ב־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Gibor in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Gibor.
What does Gibor (גיבור) mean in Hebrew?
Gibor (גיבור) means hero. It is said gibor, with the stress on bor.
What is a synonym for Gibor (גיבור)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Gibor (גיבור) are אמיץ, אביר, שאקל, and פרוטגוניסט.
What is the opposite of Gibor (גיבור)?
Words that mean the opposite of Gibor (גיבור) are נבל, פחדן, שפן, מוג לב, רכרוכי, and חלש.
What rhymes with Gibor (גיבור)?
Words that rhyme with Gibor (גיבור) include אור, עור, צינור, מקור, אזור, and בור.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry גבור of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.