Strong H1361גָּבַהּ
be high
- Transliteration
- gâbahh
- Pronunciation
- gaw-bah'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to {soar} that {is} be lofty; figuratively to be haughty: - {exalt} be {haughty} be (make) high ({-er}) lift {up} mount {up} be {proud} raise up great {height} upward.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: to exult
Exact lexical definition: be high
Part of speech: verb
BDB context: גָּבַהּ vb . be high , exalted Qal be high , lofty , tall be exalted lofty Hiph . make high , exalt
In the Bible
Strong H1361 appears in 33 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- exalt8
- lift7
- be5
- haughty5
- high4
- exalteth1
- height1
- mount1
- raise1
- upward1
First verses
- 1 Samuel 10:23And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
- 2 Chronicles 17:6And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 33:14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
- Job 5:7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
- Job 35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
- Job 36:7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
- Job 39:27Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
- Psalms 103:11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
- Psalms 113:5Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
- Psalms 131:1Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
- Proverbs 17:19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
- Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
- Isaiah 3:16Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
- Isaiah 5:16But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
- Isaiah 7:11Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
- Isaiah 52:13Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
- Isaiah 55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Jeremiah 13:15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken.