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Lexicon :: Strong's G5308 - hypsēlos

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ὑψηλός
Transliteration
hypsēlos (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-say-los'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ὑψηλός hupsēlŏs, hoop-say-los'; from G5311; lofty (in place or character):—high(-er, -ly) (esteemed).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G5308 in the following manner: high (8x), higher (1x), highly esteemed (1x), high things (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G5308 in the following manner: high (8x), higher (1x), highly esteemed (1x), high things (1x).

  1. high, lofty

    1. exalted on high

    2. with an uplifted arm, i.e. with signal power

  2. metaph. eminent, exalted

    1. in influence and honour

    2. to set the mind on, to seek, high things (as honours and riches), to be aspiring

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑψηλός hupsēlŏs, hoop-say-los'; from G5311; lofty (in place or character):—high(-er, -ly) (esteemed).
STRONGS G5308:
ὑψηλός, ὑψηλή, ὑψηλόν (ὕψι on high, ὕψος) (from Homer down), high; lofty;
a. properly, of place: ὄρος, Matthew 4:8; Matthew 17:1; Mark 9:2; Luke 4:5 R G L brackets; Revelation 21:10; τεῖχος, Revelation 21:12; neuter τά ὑψηλά (the heights of heaven; the Sept. for מָרום, Psalm 92:4 (Ps. 93:4); Psalm 112:5 (Ps. 113:5); Isaiah 33:5; Isaiah 57:15), heaven (A. V. on high; cf. Buttmann, § 124, 8 d.), Hebrews 1:3; exalted on high: ὑψηλότερος τῶν οὐρανῶν (made higher than the heavens), of Christ raised to the right hand of God, Hebrews 7:26 (cf. Ephesians 4:10); μετά βραχίονος ὑψηλοῦ, with a high (uplifted) arm, i. e. with signal power, Acts 13:17 (the Sept. often ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ for נְטוּיָה בִּזְרועַ, as in Exodus 6:6; Deuteronomy 5:15).
b. metaphorically, eminent, exulted: in influence and honor, Luke 16:15; ὑψηλά φρονεῖν, to set the mind on, to seek, high things (as honors and riches), to be aspiring, Romans 12:16; also Romans 11:20 L marginal reading T Tr WH; 1 Timothy 6:17 T WH marginal reading; (Lucian, Icaromen. 11, Hermot. 5).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
6:6
Deuteronomy
5:15
Psalms
92:4; 93:4; 112:5; 113:5
Isaiah
33:5; 57:15
Matthew
4:8; 17:1
Mark
9:2
Luke
4:5; 16:15
Acts
13:17
Romans
11:20; 12:16
Ephesians
4:10
1 Timothy
6:17
Hebrews
1:3; 7:26
Revelation
21:10; 21:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5308 matches the Greek ὑψηλός (hypsēlos),
which occurs 182 times in 163 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 7:19–2Ki 17:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19 - And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - And he said, Take thy son, the beloved one, whom thou hast loved—Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole-burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:1 - And the Lord said to Moses, Now thou shalt see what I will do to Pharao; for he shall send them forth with a mighty hand, and with a high arm shall he cast them out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - Go, speak to the children of Israel, saying, I am the Lord; and I will lead you forth from the tyranny of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from bondage, and I will ransom you with a high arm, and great judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao king of Egypt, and of his servants, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went forth with a high hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 - And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Wherefore, O Lord, art thou very angry with thy people, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with thy high arm?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:3 - They departed from Ramesses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the passover the children of Israel went forth with a high hand before all the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - all strong cities, lofty walls, gates and bars; besides the very many cities of the Pherezites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - Lord God, thou hast begun to shew to thy servant thy strength, and thy power, and thy mighty hand, and thy high arm: for what God is there in heaven or on the earth, who will do as thou hast done, and according to thy might?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - if God has assayed to go and take to himself a nation out of the midst of another nation with trial, and with signs, and with wonders, and with war, and with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights, according to all the things which the Lord our God did in Egypt [fn]in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:15 - And thou shalt remember that thou wast a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out thence with a mighty hand, and a high arm: therefore the Lord appointed thee to keep the sabbath day and to sanctify it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:21 - Then shalt thou say to thy son, We were slaves to Pharao in the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought us forth thence with a mighty hand, and with a high arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - But because the Lord loved you, and as keeping the oath which he sware to your fathers, the Lord brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed thee from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:19 - the great temptations which thine eyes have seen, those signs and great wonders, the strong hand, and the high arm; how the Lord thy God brought thee forth: so the Lord your God will do to all the nations, whom thou fearest in their presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - And I prayed to God, and said, O Lord, King of gods, destroy not thy people and thine [fn]inheritance, whom thou didst redeem, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with thy great power, and with thy strong hand, and with thy high arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:29 - And these are thy people and thy portion, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with thy great strength, and with thy mighty hand, and with thy high arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:2 - And ye shall know this day; for I speak not to your children, who know not and have not seen the discipline of the Lord thy God, and his wonderful works, and his strong hand, and his high arm,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Lo! are not these beyond Jordan, behind, westward in the land of Chanaan, which lies westward near Golgol, by the high oak?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:2 - Ye shall utterly destroy all the places in which they served their gods, whose land ye inherit, on the high mountains and on the hills, and under the thick tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:8 - And the Lord brought us out of Egypt himself with his great strength, and his mighty hand, and his high arm, and with great visions, and with signs, and with wonders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - and have utterly crushed thee in thy cities, until the high and strong walls be destroyed, in which thou trustest, in all thy land; and it shall afflict thee in thy cities, which he has given to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 - Were it not for the wrath of the enemy, lest they should live long, lest their enemies should combine against them; lest they should say, Our own high arm, and not the Lord, has done all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3 - Boast not, and utter not high things; let not high-sounding words come out of your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and God prepares his own designs.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - And this man had a son, and his name was Saul, of great stature, a goodly man; and there was not among the sons of Israel a goodlier than he, high above all the [fn]people [fn]from his shoulders and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:2 - Nevertheless the people burnt incense on the high places, because a house had not yet been built to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3 - And Solomon loved the Lord, so as to walk in the ordinances of David his father; only he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4 - And he arose and went to Gabaon to sacrifice there, for that was the highest place, and great: Solomon offered a whole-burnt-offering of a thousand victims on the altar in Gabaon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - And this house, which is high, shall be so that every one that passes [fn]by it shall be amazed, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Wherefore has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:7 - (LXX 11:5) Then Solomon built a high place to Chamos the idol of Moab, and to their king the [fn]idol of the children of Ammon,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - And he made houses on the high places, and made priests of any part of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - And Jeroboam appointed a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, according to the feast in the land of Juda;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Behold, a son is to be born to the house of David, [fn]Josias by name; and he shall offer upon thee the priests of the high places, even of them that sacrifice upon thee, and he shall burn men's bones upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - For the word will surely come to pass which he spoke by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bæthel, and against the high houses in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33 - And after [fn]this Jeroboam turned not from his sin, but he turned and made of part of the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became a priest for the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - And they built for themselves high places, and pillars, and planted groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:14 - But he removed not the high places; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - And he walked in all the way of Asa his father: he turned not from it, even from doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. (LXX 22:44) Only he took not away any of the high places: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:3 - (LXX 12:4) Only there were not any of the high places removed, and the people still sacrificed there, and burned incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:4 - Only he removed not the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:4 - Only he took not away any of the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Nevertheless he took not away the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the Lord's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:4 - And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places, and upon the hills, and under every [fn]shady tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - and in those of the children of Israel as many as [fn]secretly practised customs, not as they should have done, against the Lord their God:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the [fn]fortified city. And they made for themselves pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:11 - And burned incense there on all high places, as the nations did whom the Lord removed from before them, and dealt with familiar spirits, and they carved images to provoke the Lord to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:29 - But the nations made each their own gods, and put them in the house of the high places which the Samaritans had made, each nation in the cities in which they dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:32 - And they feared the Lord, yet they established their abominations in the houses of the high places which they made in Samaria, each nation in the city in which they dwelt: and they feared the Lord, and they made for themselves priests of the high places, and sacrificed for themselves in the house of the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:36 - but only to the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great strength and with a high arm: him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship; to him shall ye sacrifice.

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