גָּבֹהַּ
gâbôahh · H1364 · Hebrew · 37 occurrences
Meanings
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high, tall
State in which a person or object is of great or more than average height; associated with status
ExamplesGenesis 7:19 And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.
Deuteronomy 3:5 “All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns.
Deuteronomy 28:52 “And it will besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it will besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you.
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height
The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top
ExamplesEzekiel 41:22 The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits; its corners, its base, and its sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”
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State in which a person has a relatively high status within the context of a society or a position of leadership (high (classes in society))
ExamplesEcclesiastes 5:8 If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.
Ezekiel 21:26 this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low, and humble that which is high.
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proud, haughty
State in which humans have an elevated status in their own eyes, which is seen as a negative and undesirable attitude for humans
Examples1 Samuel 2:3 “Do not go on boasting so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed.
Psalm 138:6 For the LORD is exalted, Yet He looks after the lowly, But He knows the haughty from afar.
Isaiah 5:15 So the common people will be humbled and the person of importance brought low, The eyes of the haughty also will be brought low.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קוֹמָהheight 1
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- עָלָהto go up 1
- שָׁמַרto keep, to guard, to observe 1
- שָׁפֵלto be brought low, to humble 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- יָדַעto know 1
- רָאָהto see 1
- שָׁפֵלto be brought low, to humble 1
What it is said to bePredicate
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- אַמָּהcubit 3
- הֶםthem 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֶחָדone 1
- קֶרֶןhorn 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֵלto, toward 1
- מִןfrom 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַיִןeye, sight 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- עִלִּי ʻillîy · H5942 · upper, upper room, roof chamber
- גָּבֹהַּ (gâbôahh, H1364) is primarily an adjective denoting “high, lofty” (with extended senses of pride or haughtiness), while עִלִּי (ʻillîy, H5942) is a narrower positional/relational term meaning “upper”; the two are plausibly near-synonymous in contexts describing elevated position, though עִלִּי (ʻillîy, H5942)'s rarity and narrower gloss suggest a more restricted usage.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ὑψηλός hypsēlós · G5308 · high, tall, world above
- Greek ὑψηλός renders Hebrew גָּבֹהַּ across both literal spatial height and metaphorical elevation (lofty/proud character), representing the standard Septuagint equivalent for this semantic range.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- High002001001035
- גָּבֹהַּ describes physical height, as in the high mountains covered by the flood in Genesis 7:19 and the high fortified walls of Deuteronomy 3:5.
- Dimension002001001020
- The word also serves as a general dimensional descriptor of tallness or elevation for physical objects like walls and towers.
- Great002001002012
- The word additionally carries a figurative sense of pride or haughtiness, extending the physical-height sense to human arrogance.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1364. gaboah גָּבֹהַּ adjective high, exalted — 1Sa 9:2 1Sa 9:15t.; גָּבוֺהַּ Psa 138:6;…
גָּבֹהַּ adjective high, exalted — 1Sa 9:2 1Sa 9:15t.; גָּבוֺהַּ Psa 138:6; construct גְּבֹהַּ 1Sa 16:7; גְּבַהּ (Ew§ 213 d) Psa 101:5 Psa 101:3t.; plural גְּבֹהִים Ecc 5:7 Ecc 5:5t.; feminine גְּבֹהָה Deu 3:5-6t.; plural גְּבֹהוֺת Dan 8:3 Dan 8:2t.; גְּבֹהֹת Deu 28:52; —
1 high, lofty, tall, e.g. tree Eze 17:24, tower Isa 2:15; Zep 1:16, mountain Gen 7:19; Psa 104:18; Isa 40:9; Isa 57:7; Eze 17:22; Eze 40:2; compare phrases גבהה גבעה כל על upon every high hill 1Ki 14:23; 2Ki 17:10; Jer 2:20; הגבהות גבעות על Jer 17:2; גָּבֹהַּ עַלכָּֿלהַֿר Isa 30:25; Jer 3:6; man 1Sa 9:2; tree קוֺמָה גְּבַהּ Eze 31:3; horns Dan 8:3; walls Deu 3:5; Deu 28:52; gallows Est 5:14; Est 7:9; gate Jer 51:58; altar Eze 41:22; high things Job 41:26; Ecc 12:5.
2 exalted in station Eze 21:31; עֲלֵיהֶם וּגְבֹהִים שֹׁמֵר גָּבֹהַּ מֵעַל גָּבֹהַּ כִּי for high one above high one is watching, & the Most High over them Ecc 5:7 so Ew Zö and others, but Vrss De Now and others higher (earthly), potentates over them.
3 haughty Psa 138:6; Isa 5:15; Isa 10:33; 1Sa 2:3; גְּבַהּעֵֿינַיִם Psa 101:5; ׳ג לֵב Pro 16:5; ׳ג רוּחַ Ecc 7:8.
4. noun [masculine] loftiness, קוֺמַתוֺ גִּבֹהַּ 1Sa 16:7; compare גָּדוֺל 10, p. 153.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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