The Aramaic equivalent of Hebrew geber (H1397). Used in Daniel and Ezra for a strong man or mighty warrior. While the Hebrew adam emphasizes humanity's earthiness and ish emphasizes individuality, gebar emphasizes strength and capability.
Daniel uses this word in his visions to describe the angelic messenger who appears to him (Daniel 9:21) β Gabriel ('mighty one of God'), whose very name contains this root. The connection between divine strength (gebar) and the angelic realm reveals that true might belongs to God's servants, not to earthly empires. Nebuchadnezzar's gebar warriors threw the three Hebrews into the furnace, but God's gebar β the fourth figure in the fire β rendered their strength meaningless.