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Lexicon :: Strong's H1361 - gāḇah

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גָּבַהּ
Transliteration
gāḇah
Pronunciation
gaw-bah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 305

Strong’s Definitions

גָּבַהּ gâbahh, gaw-bah'; a primitive root; to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty:—exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H1361 in the following manner: exalt (9x), ... up (9x), haughty (5x), higher (4x), high (3x), above (1x), height (1x), proud (1x), upward (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H1361 in the following manner: exalt (9x), ... up (9x), haughty (5x), higher (4x), high (3x), above (1x), height (1x), proud (1x), upward (1x).

  1. to be high, be exalted

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be high, lofty, tall

      2. to be exalted

      3. to be lofty

        1. to be lofty (of Jehovah's ways - good sense)

        2. to be haughty, be arrogant (bad sense)

    2. (Hiphil) to make high, exalt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּבַהּ gâbahh, gaw-bah'; a primitive root; to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty:—exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
STRONGS H1361: Abbreviations
† גָּבַהּ verb be high, exalted (Late Hebrew id. (Hiph.), Aramaic גְּבַהּ, compare Arabic جَبْهَةً forehead, جَبَةً prominence of forehead; compare perhaps also Assyrian gabâni, heights (?) LotzTP 133) —
Qal Perfect ג׳ 2 Chronicles 26:16 + 5 times; נָּֽנְהָא֯ Ezekiel 31:5 (א = ה); גָּבַהְתָּ Ezekiel 31:10, גָּֽֽֽבְהוּ Job 35:5 + 3 times; Imperfect יִגְבַּהּ Proverbs 18:12 + 5 times; suffix יִגְבְּהוּ Ezekiel 31:14, יִגְבָּ֑הוּ Job 36:7, תִּגְבָּ֑הוּ Jeremiah 13:15, תִּגְבְּהֶינָה Ezekiel 16:50; Infinitive כִּגְבֹהַּ Psalm 103:11, לְגָבְהָה Zephaniah 3:11; —
1. be high, lofty, tall, e.g. tree Ezekiel 19:11; Ezekiel 31:5, 10, 14, heavens Job 35:5; Isaiah 55:9; Psalm 103:11, man 1 Samuel 10:23.
2. be exalted, of man in dignity and honour Job 36:7, of servant of Yahweh Isaiah 52:13, God Isaiah 5:16, God's ways Isaiah 55:9.
3. lofty גָּבַהּ לִבּוֺ : —
a. in a good sense, encouraged in the ways of Yahweh 2 Chronicles 17:6;
b. elsewhere in a bad sense, be haughty Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 18:12; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 32:25; Ezekiel 28:2, 5, 17, and so without לב Isaiah 3:16; Jeremiah 13:15; Ezekiel 16:50; Zephaniah 3:11.
Hiph. Perfect הִגְבַּהְתִּי Ezekiel 17:24; Imperfect יַגְבִּיהַּ Job 39:27; Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 4; וַיַּגְבִּיהֶהָ 2 Chronicles 33:14; יַגְבִּיהוּ Job 5:7; Infinitive הַגְבֵּהַּ Isaiah 7:11; Ezekiel 21:31; Participle מַגְבִּיהַּ Proverbs 17:19; Psalm 113:5; — make high, exalt, e.g. trees Ezekiel 17:24, wall 2 Chronicles 33:14, gate Proverbs 17:19, nest Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 4, dwelling Psalm 103:5, a request Isaiah 7:11, the lowly Ezekiel 21:31; יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף make their flight high, soar aloft Job 5:7, without עוף Job 39:27.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

10:23

2 Chronicles

17:6; 26:16; 26:16; 32:25; 33:14; 33:14

Job

5:7; 5:7; 35:5; 35:5; 36:7; 36:7; 39:27; 39:27

Psalms

103:5; 103:11; 103:11; 113:5; 131:1

Proverbs

17:19; 17:19; 18:12; 18:12

Isaiah

3:16; 5:16; 7:11; 7:11; 52:13; 55:9; 55:9

Jeremiah

13:15; 13:15; 49:16; 49:16

Ezekiel

16:50; 16:50; 17:24; 17:24; 19:11; 21:31; 21:31; 28:2; 28:5; 28:17; 31:5; 31:5; 31:10; 31:10; 31:14; 31:14

Obadiah

1:4; 1:4

Zephaniah

3:11; 3:11

H1361

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1361 matches the Hebrew גָּבַהּ (gāḇah),
which occurs 34 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23 - And he ran and took him thence, and he set him in the midst of the people; and he was higher than all the people by his shoulders and upwards.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6 - And his heart was exalted in the way of the Lord; and he removed the high places and the groves from the land of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:16 - And when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction; and he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:25 - But Ezekias did not recompense the Lord according to the return which he made him, but his heart was lifted up: and wrath came upon him, and upon Juda and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - And afterward he built a wall without the city of David, from the southwest southward in the valleys and at the entrance through the fish-gate, as men go out by the gate round about, even as far as Opel; and he raised it much, and set captains of the host in all the fortified cities in Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - yet man is born to labour, and even so the vulture's young seek the high places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:5 - Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high they are above thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7 - He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but they shall be with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27 - And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:11 - (LXX 102:11) For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:5 - (LXX 112:5) Who is as the Lord our God? who dwells in the high places,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:1 - (LXX 130:1) [fn]A Song of Degrees. O Lord, my heart is not exalted, neither have mine eyes been haughtily raised: neither have I exercised myself in great matters, nor in things too wonderful for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 - A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:12 - Before ruin a man's heart is exalted, and before honour it is humble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:16 - Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:16 - But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 - Ask for thyself a sign of the Lord thy God, in the depth or in the height.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:13 - Behold, my servant shall understand, and be exalted, and glorified exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:9 - But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:15 - Hear ye, and give ear, and be not proud: for the Lord has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - (LXX 30:10) Thine insolence has risen up against thee, the fierceness of thine heart has burst the holes of the rocks, it has seized upon the strength of a lofty hill; for as an eagle he set his nest on high: thence will I bring thee down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:50 - And they boasted, and wrought iniquities before me: so I cut them off as I saw fit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord that bring low the high tree, and exalt the low tree, and wither the green tree, and cause the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:11 - And she became a rod for a tribe of princes, and was elevated in her bulk in the midst of other trees, and she saw her bulk in the multitude of her branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:26 - (LXX 21:31) Thou hast taken off the mitre and put on the crown, it shall not have such another after it: thou hast abased that which was high, and exalted that which was low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2 - And thou, son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord; Because thine heart has been exalted, and thou hast said, I am God, I have inhabited the dwelling of God in the heart of the sea; yet thou art man and not God, though thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:5 - By thy abundant knowledge and thy traffic thou hast multiplied thy power; thy heart has been lifted up by thy power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:17 - Thy heart has been lifted up because of thy beauty; thy knowledge has been corrupted with thy beauty: because of the multitude of thy sins I have cast thee to the ground, I have caused thee to be put to open shame before kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5 - Therefore was his stature exalted above all the trees of the field, and his branches spread far by the help of much water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:10 - Therefore thus saith the Lord; Because thou art grown great, and hast set thy top in the midst of the clouds, and I saw when he was exalted;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - in order that none of the trees by the water should exalt themselves by reason of their size: whereas they set their top in the midst of the clouds, yet they continued not in their high state in their place, all that drank water, all were consigned to death, to the depth of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - If thou shouldest mount up as the eagle, and if thou shouldest make thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:11 - In that day thou shalt not be ashamed of all thy practices, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then will I take away from thee thy disdainful pride, and thou shalt no more magnify thyself upon my holy mountain.
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