Gaʼăvâh — H1346

Definition

feminine noun

arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament

1. pride, majesty, a rising up
1. a rising up, swelling (of the sea)
2. majesty (of Israel)
3. pride, haughtiness

Usually translated as

pride, excellency, haughtiness, highness, proudly, swelling

Origin

from H1342

• Derived from Gâʼâh (H1342)

Greek equivalents

• kaúchēma (G2745)
• megaloprepḗs (G3169)

Occurrences

Gaʼăvâh occurs 19 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (2), Job (1), Psalms (7), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Deuteronomy 33:26 — There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency (וּבְגַאֲוָת֖וֹ) on the sky.
• Deuteronomy 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency (גַּאֲוָתֶ֑ךָ)! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
• Job 41:15 — His scales are his pride (גַּ֭אֲוָה), shut up together as with a close seal.
• Psalms 10:2 — The wicked in his pride (בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת) doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
• Psalms 31:18 — Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly (בְּגַאֲוָ֥ה) and contemptuously against the righteous.
• Psalms 31:23 — O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud (גַאֲוָֽה) doer.
• Psalms 36:11 — Let not the foot of pride (גַּאֲוָ֑ה) come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
• Psalms 46:3 — Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling (בְּגַאֲוָת֣וֹ) thereof. Selah.
• Psalms 68:34 — Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency (גַּאֲוָת֑וֹ) is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
• Psalms 73:6 — Therefore pride (גַאֲוָ֑ה) compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
• Proverbs 14:3 — In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride (גַּאֲוָ֑ה): but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
• Proverbs 29:23 — A man’s pride (גַּאֲוַ֣ת) shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
• Isaiah 9:9 — And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride (בְּגַאֲוָ֛ה) and stoutness of heart,
• Isaiah 13:3 — I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness (גַּאֲוָתִֽי).
• Isaiah 13:11 — And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness (וְגַאֲוַ֥ת) of the terrible.
• Isaiah 16:6 — We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness (גַּאֲוָת֧וֹ), and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
• Isaiah 25:11 — And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride (גַּֽאֲוָת֔וֹ) together with the spoils of their hands.
• Jeremiah 48:29 — We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride (וְגַאֲוָת֖וֹ), and the haughtiness of his heart.
• Zephaniah 3:11 — In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride (גַּאֲוָתֵ֔ךְ), and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.