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Lexicon :: Strong's H1364 - gāḇōha

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גָּבֹהַּ
Transliteration
gāḇōha
Pronunciation
gaw-bo'-ah
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 305a

Strong’s Definitions

גָּבֹהַּ gâbôahh, gaw-bo'-ah; or גָּבוֹהַּ gâbôwahh; (fully) from H1361; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant:—haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, × exceeding proudly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H1364 in the following manner: high (24x), higher (5x), lofty (2x), exceeding (1x), haughty (1x), height (1x), highest (1x), proud (1x), proudly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H1364 in the following manner: high (24x), higher (5x), lofty (2x), exceeding (1x), haughty (1x), height (1x), highest (1x), proud (1x), proudly (1x).

  1. high, exalted

    1. high, tall

    2. high (in position)

    3. proud, haughty

      masculine noun

  2. loftiness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּבֹהַּ gâbôahh, gaw-bo'-ah; or גָּבוֹהַּ gâbôwahh; (fully) from H1361; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant:—haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, × exceeding proudly.
STRONGS H1364: Abbreviations
† גָּבֹהַּ adjective high, exalted — 1 Samuel 9:2 + 15 times; גָּבוֺהַּ Psalm 138:6; construct גְּבֹהַּ 1 Samuel 16:7; גְּבַהּ (Ew§ 213 d) [H1362 Psalm 101:5] + 3 times; plural גְּבֹהִים Ecclesiastes 5:7 + 5 times; feminine גְּבֹהָה Deuteronomy 3:5 + 6 times; plural גְּבֹהוֺת Daniel 8:3 + 2 times; גְּבֹהֹת Deuteronomy 28:52; —
1. high, lofty, tall, e.g. tree Ezekiel 17:24, tower Isaiah 2:15; Zephaniah 1:16, mountain Genesis 7:19; Psalm 104:18; Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 57:7; Ezekiel 17:22; Ezekiel 40:2; compare phrases על כל גבעה גבהה upon every high hill 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10; Jeremiah 2:20; על גבעות הגבהות Jeremiah 17:2; עַל־כָּל־הַר גָּבֹהַּ Isaiah 30:25; Jeremiah 3:6; man 1 Samuel 9:2; tree גְּבַהּ קוֺמָה [H1362 Ezekiel 31:3]; horns Daniel 8:3; walls Deuteronomy 3:5; Deuteronomy 28:52; gallows Esther 5:14; Esther 7:9; gate Jeremiah 51:58; altar Ezekiel 41:22; high things Job 41:26; Ecclesiastes 12:5.
2. exalted in station Ezekiel 21:31; כִּי גָּבֹהַּ מֵעַל גָּבֹהַּ שֹׁמֵר וּגְבֹהִים עֲלֵיהֶם for high one above high one is watching, & the Most High over them Ecclesiastes 5:7 so Ew Zö and others, but Vrss De Now and others higher (earthly), potentates over them.
3. haughty Psalm 138:6; Isaiah 5:15; Isaiah 10:33; 1 Samuel 2:3; גְּבַהּ־עֵינַיִם [H1362 Psalm 101:5]; לֵב ג׳ [H1362 Proverbs 16:5]; רוּחַ ג׳ [H1362 Ecclesiastes 7:8].
4. noun [masculine] loftiness, גִּבֹהַּ קוֺמַתוֺ 1 Samuel 16:7; compare גָּדוֺל 10.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:19

Deuteronomy

3:5; 3:5; 28:52; 28:52

1 Samuel

2:3; 9:2; 9:2; 16:7; 16:7

1 Kings

14:23

2 Kings

17:10

Esther

5:14; 7:9

Job

41:26

Psalms

104:18; 138:6; 138:6

Ecclesiastes

5:7; 5:7; 12:5

Isaiah

2:15; 5:15; 10:33; 30:25; 40:9; 57:7

Jeremiah

2:20; 3:6; 17:2; 51:58

Ezekiel

17:22; 17:24; 21:31; 40:2; 41:22

Daniel

8:3; 8:3

Zephaniah

1:16

H1364

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1364 matches the Hebrew גָּבֹהַּ (gāḇōha),
which occurs 37 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19 - And the waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - They shall besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3 - Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - and he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he; from his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7 - But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the LORD sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - For they also built for themselves high places, and pillars, and Ashe'rim on every high hill and under every green tree;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - they set up for themselves pillars and Ashe'rim on every high hill and under every green tree;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mor'decai hanged upon it; then go merrily with the king to the dinner." This counsel pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then said Harbo'na, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, "Moreover, the gallows which Haman has prepared for Mor'decai, whose word saved the king, is standing in Haman's house, fifty cubits high."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:34 - He beholds everything that is high; he is king over all the sons of pride."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:18 - The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:6 - For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he knows from afar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:5 - they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along and desire fails; because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15 - against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15 - Man is bowed down, and men are brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:33 - Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:25 - And upon every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 - Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:7 - Upon a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and thither you went up to offer sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - "For long ago you broke your yoke and burst your bonds; and you said, 'I will not serve.' Yea, upon every high hill and under every green tree you bowed down as a harlot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - The LORD said to me in the days of King Josi'ah: "Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the harlot?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:2 - while their children remember their altars and their Ashe'rim, beside every green tree, and on the high hills,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - "Thus says the LORD of hosts: The broad wall of Babylon shall be leveled to the ground and her high gates shall be burned with fire. The peoples labor for nought, and the nations weary themselves only for fire."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:22 - Thus says the Lord GOD: "I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it out; I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:26 - thus says the Lord GOD: Remove the turban, and take off the crown; things shall not remain as they are; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:2 - and brought me in the visions of God into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city opposite me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - an altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits broad; its corners, its base, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, "This is the table which is before the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:3 - I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, a ram standing on the bank of the river. It had two horns; and both horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 - a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.
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