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Lexicon :: Strong's H7311 - rûm

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רוּם
Transliteration
rûm
Pronunciation
room
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2133

Strong’s Definitions

רוּם rûwm, room; a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively):—bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (× a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 194x

The KJV translates Strong's H7311 in the following manner: (lift, hold, etc...) up (63x), exalt (47x), high (25x), offer (13x), give (5x), heave (3x), extol (3x), lofty (3x), take (3x), tall (3x), higher (2x), miscellaneous (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 194x
The KJV translates Strong's H7311 in the following manner: (lift, hold, etc...) up (63x), exalt (47x), high (25x), offer (13x), give (5x), heave (3x), extol (3x), lofty (3x), take (3x), tall (3x), higher (2x), miscellaneous (24x).
  1. to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be high, be set on high

      2. to be raised, be uplifted, be exalted

      3. to be lifted, rise

    2. (Polel)

      1. to raise or rear (children), cause to grow up

      2. to lift up, raise, exalt

      3. to exalt, extol

    3. (Polal) to be lifted up

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to raise, lift, lift up, take up, set up, erect, exalt, set on high

      2. to lift up (and take away), remove

      3. to lift off and present, contribute, offer, contribute

    5. (Hophal) to be taken off, be abolished

    6. (Hithpolel) to exalt oneself, magnify oneself

  2. (Qal) to be rotten, be wormy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רוּם rûwm, room; a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively):—bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (× a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
STRONGS H7311: Abbreviations
רוּם verb be high, exalted, rise (Old Hebrew, Phoenician, Old Aramaic, Palmyrene, all in proper names; Sabean in רים epithet of deity and king FellZMG liv (1900), 25 f. also in proper name Mordtmib. xxx (1876), 36 SabDenkm No. 14, 1. 1; Arabic bdb092605 be high, dialect of Oman (JayakarJA xxi. 813, 875) and Zanzibar (PräZMG xxxiv (1880), 218); Ethiopic in derivatives; Aramaic רָם, bdb092606 (very often in derived species and derivatives)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְרָם Deuteronomy 8:14 +; 3rd person feminine singular רָ֫מָה 1 Samuel 2:1 +; וְרָאֲמָה Zechariah 14:10 see רָאַם; 3rd person plural רָמוּ Proverbs 30:13; Psalm 131:1, רָ֑מּוּ Job 22:12 (Baer Gi; Ges § 20 i); Imperfect יָרוּרָם Isaiah 30:18 +, jussive יָרֹם Numbers 24:7, וַיָּרָם Hosea 13:6; Ezekiel 10:4 [וֵיָּרֻם Exodus 16:20 see רמם]; 3rd person masculine plural יְרֻמ֑וּן Isaiah 49:11, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ר֫וּמָה Psalm 21:4 +; Infinitive construct רוּם Deuteronomy 17:20; Ezekiel 10:16, כְּרֻם Psalm 12:9 [Bae conjectures כֶּרֶם], suffix רוֺמָם Ezekiel 10:17 (Ges § 72 q); Participle רָם Isaiah 6:1 +, plural רָמִים Isaiah 2:13 +, construct רָמֵי Isaiah 10:33, etc, etc.; —
1.
a. be high, literal rock (in figurative) Psalm 61:3 (מִן compare); be (set on) high, רָ֑מּוּ Job 22:12 (of stars), especially participle, = adjective, in general Isaiah 2:12 (+ גֵּאֶה), of mountains Isaiah 2:14; Deuteronomy 12:2, hill Ezekiel 6:13; Ezekiel 20:28; Ezekiel 34:6, throne Isaiah 6:1, trees = tall Isaiah 2:13; Ezekiel 17:22, compare (in figurative) Isaiah 10:33 (רָמֵי הַקוֺמָה); human stature Deuteronomy 1:28 (מִן compare), Deuteronomy 2:10, 21; Deuteronomy 9:2; רָמִים Psalm 78:69 heights (of heaven; || אֶרֶץ); רָמִים of inhabitants of heavens Job 21:22.
b. especially of י׳, רָם וְנִשָׂא Isaiah 57:15, compare Psalm 138:6, + עַלכָּֿלהָֿעַמִּים Psalm 99:2, גּוֺיִם Psalm 113:4.
2. be raised, uplifted:
a. of highway Isaiah 49:11 (made high, put in order); voice, Deuteronomy 27:14 (participle = adjective) uplifted.
b. figurative: of hand, symbol of might, Deuteronomy 32:27, + עַל person Micah 5:8; of Israel in Exodus בְּיָד רָמָה Exodus 14:8; Numbers 33:3 (both P); of י׳'s hand Isaiah 26:11; Psalm 89:14 (|| תָּעֹז); figurative of presumption Numbers 15:30 (P); זְרוֺעַ רָמָה of might Job 38:15; of eyes, figurative of arrogance Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 30:13; Psalm 131:1 (|| גָּבַהּ לִבִּי), so Psalm 18:28, but || 2 Samuel 22:28 of person; of heart, figurative of reckless elation, Hosea 13:6; Deuteronomy 8:14; Ezekiel 31:10 (בְּגָבְהוֺ, || בְּקוֺמָה גָּבַהְתָּ) Daniel 11:12, + מִן person Deuteronomy 17:20; of horn, figurative of triumph 1 Samuel 2:1 (song), Psalm 89:25 (Psalm 18 see Hiph.), Psalm 112:9, so head Psalm 27:6 (+ עַל person), Psalm 140:9 (join ירומו to Psalm 140:10, but read יָרִימוּ Che, compare Hup-Now).
c. of person, be exalted (in figurative), king Numbers 24:7 (J E; + מִן compare; || תִּנַּשֵּׂא); of God (י׳, i.e. shew his exaltation) Isaiah 30:18; 2 Samuel 22:47 = Psalm 18:47; Psalm 21:14; Psalm 46:11 (twice in verse), + עַלֿ(הַ)שָּׁמַיִם Psalm 57:6; Psalm 57:12; Psalm 108:6; עֶבֶד י׳ Isaiah 52:13, י׳'s people Psalm 89:17; rebellious Psalm 66:7 (Qr; Kt Hiph.: shew exaltation); worthlessness (personified) Psalm 12:9; of city Proverbs 11:11.
3. be lifted, rise, of ark, מֵעַלהֿארץ Genesis 7:17 (J), so of cherubim Ezekiel 10:16, compare Ezekiel 10:17; כְּבוֺד י׳ Ezekiel 10:4 (מֵעַל הַכְּרוּב). — Proverbs 24:7 see I. רָאמוֺת b.
Pō`lēl Perfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix רֹמְמָ֑תְהוּ Ezekiel 31:4; 1st person singular רוֺמַמְתִּי Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 23:4; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרוֺמֵם Hosea 11:7, suffix יְרוֺמְמֵנִי Psalm 27:5, וִירוֺמִמְךָ Psalm 37:34; 1st person singular suffix וַאֲרֹמְמֶ֫נְהוּ Exodus 15:2 (Ges§ 58i), etc. (אֵרוֺמָם see Hithpō`l.); Imperative masculine plural רוֺמְמוּ Psalm 99:5. Psalm 99:9; Infinitive construct לְרוֺמֵם Ezra 9:9; Participle מְרוֺמֵם 1 Samuel 2:7, suffix מְרוֺמְמִי Psalm 9:14, feminine רוֺמֵמָה Psalm 118:16 (מ omitted, Hup-Now Bae; compare Köi. 454); —
1.
a. raise, rear, children Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 23:4 (both || גִּדֵּל).
b. cause tree to grow, subject תְּהוֺם Ezekiel 31:4 (|| גִּדֵּל).
c. rear, erect, temple Ezra 9:9.
2. lift up:
a. in figurative, accusative of person, subject י׳ Psalm 27:5 (+ בְּצוּר); + מִן compare 2 Samuel 22:49 = Psalm 18:49, + מִן from Psalm 9:14; accusative omitted Hosea 11:7 (si vera lectio, compare We Now).
b. raise waves of sea, subject wind, Psalm 107:25.
c. exalt, accusative of person, subject י׳ Job 17:4 (read perhaps תְּרִמֵם, so Bu, compare Di), Psalm 37:34 (+ לָרֶשֶׁת אָ֑רֶץ); accusative omitted 1 Samuel 2:7; Psalm 118:16 (in victory); subject wisdom, accusative of person Proverbs 4:8, compare צְדָקָה תְּרוֺמֵםגּֿוֺי Proverbs 14:34.
3. exalt, extol, accusative י׳, Psalm 30:2, || אוֺדֶה Isaiah 25:1; Psalm 118:28, || הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ Psalm 99:5. Psalm 99:9, || הִלֵּל Psalm 107:32, || בֵּרַךְ Psalm 145:1, || אַנְּוֵהוּ Exodus 15:2; accusative שֵׁם י׳ Psalm 34:4 (|| גִּדֵּל).
Pō`lal Imperfect 3rd person feminine plural תְּרוֺמַמְנָה Psalm 75:11 be lifted up, of horns (compare Qal 2 b); Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְרוֺמַם Psalm 66:17 and he was extolled (so Ki and others; but see רוֺמָם below); Participle מְרוֺמַם Nehemiah 9:5 extolled, of י׳'s name (compare Pō`lēl 3), + עַלכָּֿלבְּֿרָכָה וג׳.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵרִים 1 Kings 11:27 +; 2nd person masculine singular הֲרִימוֺתָ 2 Kings 19:22; Psalm 89:43, וַהֲרֵמֹתָ֫ Numbers 31:28; 2nd person masculine plural consecutive וַהֲרֵמֹתֶם Numbers 18:26, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרִים Genesis 41:44 +, jussive יָרִם Numbers 17:2; 1 Samuel 2:10, וַיָּ֫רֶם Exodus 7:20 +, suffix וַיְרִימֶהָ Genesis 31:45, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הָרֵם Exodus 14:16; Isaiah 58:1, הָרִימָה Psalm 74:3, etc.; Infinitive construct הָרִים Isaiah 10:15 +, suffix הֲרִימִי Genesis 39:18, etc.; Participle מֵרִים Exodus 35:24 +, etc.; —
1.
a.
(1) raise, lift, with accusative, hand Exodus 17:11 (E), Numbers 20:11 (P), + אֶליֿ׳ (in both) Genesis 14:22 compare (אֶלהַֿשָּׁמַיִם) Daniel 12:7, + ב person against 1 Kings 11:26, 27; feet, פְּעָמִים Psalm 74:3, i.e. run (+ ל of direction); hand or foot Genesis 41:44 (E), i.e. make any movement (hyperb.); head Psalm 110:7 (Assyrian ullû rêšu DlHWB 62 a), compare יָרִימוּ Psalm 140:9 (so read, see Qal 2 b); face, אֶליֿ׳ Ezra 9:6; hand of another, subject י׳, figurative of giving strength to, Psalm 89:43, so head Psalm 3:4; with accusative of rod Isaiah 10:15; Exodus 14:16 (P), הֵרִים בַּמַּטֶה Exodus 7:20 (E); rod subject, with accusative of thing Isaiah 10:15.
(2) raise poor אֶבְיוֺן, with מִן local 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 113:7.
b. lift up voice Genesis 39:15, 18 (J; both + קָרָא), Isaiah 40:9 (twice in verse) (accusative omitted), Isaiah 58:1; Ezra 3:12; + בִּתְרוּעָה Ezekiel 21:27, בַּחֲצֹצְרוֺת 2 Chronicles 5:13; + ל person Isaiah 13:2, לָעָב Job 38:84, + עָל person against 2 Kings 19:22 = Isaiah 37:23; הֵרִים בְּקוֺל 1 Chronicles 15:16.
c. (take into one's hand and) lift, take up, stone Joshua 4:5 (J E; עַלשִֿׁכְמוֺ), leg (of sacrificial meal) 1 Samuel 9:24, mantle 2 Kings 2:13, axe 2 Kings 6:7 (accusative omitted), yoke Hosea 11:4 (עַללְֿחֵיהֶם), censers Numbers 17:2 (P; + מִבֵּין), ashes Leviticus 6:3.
d. set up, erect, stone as מַצֵּבָה Genesis 31:45 (E); standard, + אֶל of people Isaiah 49:22, עַל Isaiah 62:10.
e. set on high, throne, מִמַּעַל לְכוֺכְבֵי אֵל Isaiah 14:13; nest (subject נֶשֶׁר) Job 39:27.
f. lilft up, exalt, with accusative of person, subject י׳ 1 Kings 14:7; 1 Kings 16:2; Psalm 89:20 (all with מִן), Psalm 75:8 (opposed to יַשְׁפִּיל); subject קָלוֺן Proverbs 3:35, compare Proverbs 14:29; with accusative קֶרֶן, in both good and bad sense (compare Qal 2 b) 1 Samuel 2:10; Lamentations 2:17 (לַמָּרוֺם), Psalm 89:18 (Kt; Qr Qal), Psalm 92:11; Psalm 148:14; Psalm 75:5; Psalm 75:6; but 1 Chronicles 25:5 sound the horn; infinitive = exaltation Psalm 75:7; Psalm 66:7 see Qal 2 c.
2. lift up and take away, remove, with accusative הָעֲטָרָה Ezekiel 21:31 (|| הֵסִיר); accusative of thing + מִן local Isaiah 57:14; Leviticus 2:9; Leviticus 4:8, 19; Leviticus 6:8; = do away with, גְּרֻשֹׁתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 45:9 (מֵעַל of people), הַתָּמִיד Daniel 8:11 (Kt; Qr Hoph.); = set apart, מֶכֶס Numbers 31:28 (מִן person).
3. lift off and present, contributes offer:
a. to י׳, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb תְּרוּמָה, Ezekiel 45:13; Ezekiel 48:8; Ezekiel 4:20; Numbers 15:20 (twice in verse) (P), Exodus 35:24 (P); + לי׳ Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 48:9; Numbers 15:19; Numbers 18:19, 24; Numbers 31:52; תְּרוּמַת י׳ Numbers 18:26 (+ מִן of thing), Numbers 18:82; Numbers 18:29 (all P); בֵּיתאֿ׳ ת׳ Ezra 8:25.
b. with accusative of thing, + לְי׳ Leviticus 22:15.
c. contribute, accusative of thing, ל person (for sacrifice), 2 Chronicles 30:24 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 35:7, 8 (accusative omitted), 2 Chronicles 35:9.
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוּרָ֑ם Exodus 29:27, הֻרַם Daniel 8:11 Qr (Kt Hiph.); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוּרָם Leviticus 4:10; — be taken off from (מִן) Leviticus 4:10 (P), compare Exodus 29:27 (P; || הוּנַף); be abolished Daniel 8:11 Qr (compare Hiph. 2); Bev (after Greek Version of the LXX) insert Participle מוּרָם after הַתָּמִיד Daniel 8:13.
Hithpō`l. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וְיִתְרוֺמֵם וְיִתְגַּדֵּל עַלכָּֿלאֵֿל Daniel 11:36 and he shall exalt and magnify himself above, etc.; 1st person singular (ת assimilated) אֵרוֺמָ֔ם Isaiah 33:10 (Ges§ 54ci. 454) I will raise myself (+ אָקוּם, אֶנָּשֵׂא).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7313.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:17; 14:22; 31:45; 31:45; 39:15; 39:18; 39:18; 41:44; 41:44

Exodus

7:20; 7:20; 14:8; 14:16; 14:16; 15:2; 15:2; 16:20; 17:11; 29:27; 29:27; 35:24; 35:24

Leviticus

2:9; 4:8; 4:10; 4:10; 4:19; 6:3; 6:8; 22:15

Numbers

15:19; 15:20; 15:30; 17:2; 17:2; 18:19; 18:24; 18:26; 18:26; 18:29; 20:11; 24:7; 24:7; 31:28; 31:28; 31:52; 33:3

Deuteronomy

1:28; 2:10; 2:21; 8:14; 8:14; 9:2; 12:2; 17:20; 17:20; 27:14; 32:27

Joshua

4:5

1 Samuel

2:1; 2:1; 2:7; 2:7; 2:8; 2:10; 2:10; 9:24

2 Samuel

22:28; 22:47; 22:49

1 Kings

11:26; 11:27; 11:27; 14:7; 16:2

2 Kings

2:13; 6:7; 19:22; 19:22

1 Chronicles

15:16; 25:5

2 Chronicles

5:13; 30:24; 35:7; 35:8; 35:9

Ezra

3:12; 8:25; 9:6; 9:9; 9:9

Nehemiah

9:5

Job

17:4; 21:22; 22:12; 22:12; 38:15; 39:27

Psalms

3:4; 9:14; 9:14; 18; 18:28; 18:47; 18:49; 21:4; 27:5; 27:5; 27:6; 30:2; 34:4; 37:34; 37:34; 46:11; 57:6; 61:3; 66:7; 66:7; 66:17; 74:3; 74:3; 75:5; 75:6; 75:7; 75:8; 78:69; 89:14; 89:17; 89:18; 89:20; 89:25; 89:43; 89:43; 92:11; 99:2; 99:5; 99:5; 99:9; 99:9; 107:25; 107:32; 108:6; 110:7; 112:9; 113:4; 113:7; 118:16; 118:16; 118:28; 131:1; 131:1; 138:6; 140:9; 140:9; 140:10; 145:1; 148:14

Proverbs

3:35; 4:8; 6:17; 11:11; 14:29; 14:34; 24:7; 30:13; 30:13

Isaiah

1:2; 1:2; 2:12; 2:13; 2:13; 2:14; 6:1; 6:1; 10:15; 10:15; 10:15; 10:33; 10:33; 13:2; 14:13; 23:4; 23:4; 25:1; 26:11; 30:18; 30:18; 33:10; 37:23; 40:9; 49:11; 49:11; 49:22; 52:13; 57:14; 57:15; 58:1; 58:1; 62:10

Lamentations

2:17

Ezekiel

6:13; 10:4; 10:4; 10:16; 10:16; 10:17; 10:17; 17:22; 20:28; 21:27; 21:31; 31:4; 31:4; 31:10; 34:6; 45:1; 45:9; 45:13; 48:8; 48:9

Daniel

8:11; 8:11; 8:11; 8:13; 11:12; 11:36; 12:7

Hosea

11:4; 11:7; 11:7; 13:6; 13:6

Micah

5:8

Zechariah

14:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7311 matches the Hebrew רוּם (rûm),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13 - And you shall know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, under every green tree, and under every leafy oak, wherever they offered pleasing aroma to all their idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:4 - And the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:16 - And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them. And when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:17 - When they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them, for the spirit of the living creatures[fn] was in them.
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 on a high and lofty mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - For when I had brought them into the land that I swore to give them, then wherever they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there they sent up their pleasing aromas, and there they poured out their drink offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - Into his right hand comes the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth with murder, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build siege towers.
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 bring low that which is exalted.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - The waters nourished it;
the deep made it grow tall,
making its rivers flow
around the place of its planting,
sending forth its streams
to all the trees of the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:10 - “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because it[fn] towered high and set its top among the clouds,[fn] and its heart was proud of its height,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:6 - they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1 - “When you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set apart for the LORD a portion of the land as a holy district, 25,000 cubits[fn] long and 20,000[fn] cubits broad. It shall be holy throughout its whole extent.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:9 - “Thus says the Lord GOD: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - “This is the offering that you shall make: one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8 - “Adjoining the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be the portion which you shall set apart, 25,000 cubits[fn] in breadth, and in length equal to one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west, with the sanctuary in the midst of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:9 - The portion that you shall set apart for the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits in length, and 20,000[fn] in breadth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:20 - The whole portion that you shall set apart shall be 25,000 cubits square, that is, the holy portion together with the property of the city.
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