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רוּם

rûwm · H7312 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. height, stature

    Vertical height of an object

    Examples

    Proverbs 25:3 As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

  2. haughtiness, pride

    Literally: height; hence: state in which humans have an elevated status in their own eyes which cannot be justified

    Examples

    Isaiah 2:11 The proud look of humanity will be brought low, And the arrogance of people will be humbled; And the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.

  3. haughty thinking, proud mindset

    Literally: height of (one's) heart; hence: state in which humans consider themselves greater than justified

    Examples

    Jeremiah 48:29 “We have heard of the pride of Moab—he is very proud— Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance, and his self-exaltation.

  4. haughty look, proud look

    Literally: (one's) eyes being high; hence: state in which humans consider themselves greater than justified which becomes visible by the way they look around them

    Examples

    Proverbs 21:4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin.

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

5 occurrences in 3 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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
שְׂאֵת sᵉʼêth · H7613 · lifting up, rising
Both words denote elevation or elevated status (רוּם (rûwm, H7312): "haughtiness, height, high"; שְׂאֵת (sᵉʼêth, H7613): "dignity, excellency, highness, raise up, rising"), overlapping in the sense of height and elevated standing.
Semantic domains 3 entries
Dimension002001001020
The word's "height" sense is directly illustrated by "the heavens for height and the earth for depth" describing the unsearchable heart of kings (Proverbs 25:3).
Great002001002012
The word's "pride, arrogance" sense is directly illustrated by the repeated oracle that "the pride of humanity will be humbled and the arrogance of people will be brought low" (Isaiah 2:11, 17) and the arrogant heart and pride of the king of Assyria (Isaiah 10:12).
Stance002001001061
The word's "haughty" sense is directly illustrated by "haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked" (Proverbs 21:4), describing a bodily bearing of pride.
Word family 11 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

רוּם rûwm · H7311 · to be high, to become high, to mount up · 191×תְּרוּמָה tᵉrûwmâh · H8641 · gift, bribe, offering · 76×מָרוֹם mârôwm · H4791 · high, upwards, high position · 54×רוּםrûwm · H7312רוּם rûwm · H7314 · height · 5×רָמָה râmâh · H7413 · height, hill, high place · 5×רוּם rûwm · H7313 · extol, lift up, set up · 4×רוֹם rôwm · H7315 · high · 1×רוֹמָה rôwmâh · H7317 · to walk haughtily, to walk proudly · 1×רָמוּת râmûwth · H7419 · refuse, trash · 1×תְּרוּמִיָּה tᵉrûwmîyâh · H8642 · special gift, special offering, spacial contribution · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7312. rum רֻם רוּם, noun [masculine] height, haughtiness (properly infinitive); —…
H7312. rum
רֻם רוּם, noun [masculine] height, haughtiness (properly infinitive); — absolute ׳ר,
1 height, loftiness, ׳לָר לָעֹמֶק וָאָרֶץ שָׁמַיִם Pro 25:3; construct עֵינַיִם רוּם figurative of haughtiness Isa 10:12 (|| לֵבָב גֹּדֶל), Pro 21:4 (|| רְחַבלֵֿב); so לִבּוֺ רֻם Jer 48:29 (|| גֹּבַהּ גָּאוֺן, גַּאֲוָה,); then alone:
2 haughtiness, אֲנָשִׁים רוּם Isa 2:11, Isa 2:17 (both || גַּבְהוּת).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Dimension1 occurrenceStance2 occurrencesGreat3 occurrences

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

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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