שִׂיא
sîyʼ · H7863 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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height, greatness
State in which humans have an elevated status, either in their own eyes or in the eyes of other people, which can either be good or bad, depending on whether this status is justified
ExamplesJob 20:6 “Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds,
How it’s used In 2 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
- הוּhis 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָלָהto go up 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 3 words
- גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn · H1347 · thicket, greatness, glory
- Hebrew noun denoting pride, majesty, or excellency; frequently used for exaltation and excellence in both positive (divine majesty) and negative (human pride) contexts; distinct lexeme from שִׂיא but overlapping in the semantic domain of excellence and elevation
- הָדָר hâdâr · H1926 · majesty, majestic, citron tree
- Hebrew noun for glory, honor, or majesty; denotes magnificence and excellence particularly in contexts of divine or royal splendor; semantically parallel to שִׂיא in expressing elevated status
- תִּפְאָרָה tiphʼârâh · H8597 · greatness, glory, beauty
- Hebrew noun for glory, beauty, or ornament; expresses excellence and splendor, often used of divine glory or Israel's honor; shares the semantic field of exaltation and magnificence with שִׂיא
Contrasting words 2 words
- שֶׁפֶל shephel · H8216 · humble position
- Hebrew noun/adjective denoting lowness or humiliation; direct lexical opposite to excellency, representing the semantic pole of degradation versus exaltation
- קָלוֹן qâlôwn · H7036 · disgrace, shame, insult
- Hebrew noun for shame, dishonor, or disgrace; lexical antonym to excellency, representing the opposite end of the honor-shame spectrum
In the other Testament 2 words
- ὑπεροχή hyperochḗ · G5247 · high status, high sounding, pompous
- Greek noun denoting excellency, superiority, or preeminence; used in 1 Cor 2:1 and 1 Tim 2:2 for concepts of excellence and authority, making it a natural translation equivalent for Hebrew שִׂיא 'excellency'
- μεγαλειότης megaleiótēs · G3168 · prominence, greatness, importance
- Greek noun for majesty or greatness; closely related semantic field of excellence and exaltation, used in Luke 9:43 and Acts 19:27 for divine or supreme greatness
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Great002001002012
- The noun for excellency or towering height, used of the wicked man whose "arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds" in Job's description of transient greatness (Job 20:6).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7863. si [שִׂיא] noun masculine loftiness, figurative of pride: — שִׂיאוֺ לַשָּׁמַיִם…
[שִׂיא] noun masculine loftiness, figurative of pride: — שִׂיאוֺ לַשָּׁמַיִם אִםיַֿעֲלֶה Job 20:6 (of wicked).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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