Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Noble; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
2. (a.) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
3. (a.) Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
4. (n.) A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.
5. (n.) One fond of paying attention to ladies.
6. (n.) One who woos; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
7. (v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
8. (v. t.) To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
GALLANTgal'-ant: The translation of 'addir, "bright," "splendid," "mighty" (Isaiah 33:21, "Neither shall gallant ('addir) ship pass thereby"); the word is translated "mighty" in Exodus 15:10 1 Samuel 4:8; Isaiah 10:34 Zechariah 11:2 the King James Version. In Isaiah 33:21, above, it is applied to Yahweh. "glorious ('addir) Lord" the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "Yahweh. in. majesty"; compare also Psalm 16:3, "the excellent." As a noun it is used in the margin of Nahum 2:5 as alternative for "worthies," the Revised Version (British and American) "nobles" in Zechariah 11:2, for "the might "Revised Version" "goodly ones" margin, "glorious"; it is translated "nobles" in Judges 5:13 2 Chronicles 23:20, etc.
See also SHIPS AND BOATS.
Strong's Hebrew
117. addir -- majestic... stately (1). excellent, famous,
gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty ier
one, noble,. From 'adar; wide or (generally) large; figuratively
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The Death of Saint David.
... Pen would fail to write, or man to tell, all the gallant achievements which the
noble Knight, Saint David of Wales, and his faithful Squire, Owen ap Rice ...
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The Adventures of Saint Denis of France.
... On parting from his comrades, the gallant Champion of France, the famed Saint Denis,
attended by his squire, Le Crapeau, wandered away through many lands ...
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The Adventures of Saint David of Wales.
... The heart of the gallant Saint David bounded at the thought of engaging in so noble
a contest as that with the Emperor's son, and he declared himself ready to ...
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The Release of Saint George.
... "Gallant Knight, why did you not summon me before?" she asked, in her sweet voice;
and Saint George had to confess, with shame, that he had forgotten all about ...
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The Birth of Saint George.
... Gallant and dauntless as were all those seven heroes, yet not one equalled in valour
"Saint George of Merrie England." Many countries have in consequence ...
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The Death of Saint Andrew.
... Saint George and Saint Andrew were the last of all the Seven Champions who remained
together, rivalling each other in gallant deeds of arms. ...
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The Adventure of the Three Sons of Saint George.
... Numberless were the strange adventures in which the gallant Champions of Christendom
were engaged, and numberless the noble deeds they performed; of the ...
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The Adventures of Saint George of England.
... forlorn; for in her bright eyes not one of the neighbouring princes, nor any of
her father's courtiers, could in any way be compared to the gallant Saint George ...
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The Rivers of God
... 'But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams;
wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby ...
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Sermon
... The gallant stand of a gallant people is still continued both before and behind
the German lines, where the Belgians are as stubbornly resistant to day as they ...
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Thesaurus
Gallant (1 Occurrence)... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Noble; brave; high-spirited; courageous;
heroic; magnanimous; as, a
gallant youth; a
gallant officer.
.../g/gallant.htm - 8kBoats (11 Occurrences)
... (2) tsi (Numbers 24:24 Ezekiel 30:9 Isaiah 33:21), tsi 'addir, "gallant ship"; Daniel
11:30, tsiyim Kittim, "ships of Kittim.' (3) cephinah, "innermost parts ...
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Ships (46 Occurrences)
... (2) tsi (Numbers 24:24 Ezekiel 30:9 Isaiah 33:21), tsi 'addir, "gallant ship"; Daniel
11:30, tsiyim Kittim, "ships of Kittim.' (3) cephinah, "innermost parts ...
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Gall (17 Occurrences)
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Oars (4 Occurrences)
... 21 But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams,
in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass ...
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Galled (1 Occurrence)
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Galley (1 Occurrence)
... 21 But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams,
in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass ...
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Majestic (22 Occurrences)
... 21 But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, in a place of broad rivers and
streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass ...
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Prow (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) See Proa. 3. (superl.) Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. 4. (a.) Benefit;
profit; good; advantage. Multi-Version Concordance Prow (2 Occurrences). ...
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