Gamar means “fail” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1584 — eklampo (“shine forth”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1584 גָּמַר (gamar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. gamar (gaw-mar') v. 1. to end (in the sense of completion or failure) [a primitive root] It has 5 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include fail, end, performeth, and perfect. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
gamar (gaw-mar') v. 1. to end (in the sense of completion or failure) [a primitive root] KJV: cease, come to an end, fail, perfect, perform.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1584. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to cease
Usage: 1) to end, come to an end, complete, cease 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to come to an end, be no more 1a2) to bring to an end, complete 2) (TWOT) to fail, perfect, perform Aramaic equivalent: ge.mar (גְּמַר "to complete" H1585)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render gamar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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5 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1584.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1584, grouped by book.
Gamar (Strong's H1584) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "fail". gamar (gaw-mar') v. 1. to end (in the sense of completion or failure) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's H1584 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1584 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fail, end, performeth, and perfect. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.