כָאִישׁ גְּבוּרָתוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

As the man is, so is his strength

הגדרה (אנגלית)

In the Melliza: As is a man. As the days of a man's years and as great as his trials, so great is his might (according to the commentary of "The Fortress of David": As is the value of a man, so is the value of his might).

("And Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmunna" — Judges 8:20; and likewise: "That matron said to them: Your children are not yours!" They said to her: ... "as the man is, so is his strength." — Bava Metzia 84a; and likewise: "He tapped him on the shoulder and said, I am pleased with you; so fitting and so fitting, a man among men, as the man is, so is his strength" — Agnon, Simple Story, 85)