Gâbahh — H1361

Definition

verb

to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty

1. to be high, be exalted
1. (Qal)
1. to be high, lofty, tall
2. to be exalted
3. to be lofty
1. to be lofty (of Jehovah's ways-good sense)
2. to be haughty, be arrogant (bad sense)
2. (Hiphil) to make high, exalt

Usually translated as

be haughty, high, higher, exalt, raise up great height, be proud, upward, be, lift up, mount up

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• apéchei (G566)
• apéchomai (G567)
• apéchō (G568)
• doxázō (G1392)
• epaírō (G1869)
• megalauchéō (G3166)
• mégas (G3173)
• meteōrízō (G3349)
• hypsēlós (G5308)
• hypsóō (G5312)

Occurrences

Gâbahh occurs 34 times in 33 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 2 Chronicles (4), Job (4), Psalms (3), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (10), Obadiah (1), Zephaniah (1)

• 1 Samuel 10:23 — And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher (וַיִּגְבַּהּ֙) than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
• 2 Chronicles 17:6 — And his heart was lifted up (וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּ) in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 26:16 — But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up (גָּבַ֤הּ) to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
• 2 Chronicles 32:25 — But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up (גָבַ֖הּ): therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 33:14 — Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height (וַיַּגְבִּיהֶ֖הָ), and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
• Job 5:7 — Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward (יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ).
• Job 35:5 — Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher (גָּבְה֥וּ) than thou.
• Job 36:7 — He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted (וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ).
• Job 39:27 — Doth the eagle mount up (יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ) at thy command, and make her nest on high?
• Psalms 103:11 — For as the heaven is high (כִגְבֹ֣הַּ) above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
• Psalms 113:5 — Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high (הַֽמַּגְבִּיהִ֥י),
• Psalms 131:1 — LORD, my heart is not haughty (גָבַ֣הּ), nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
• Proverbs 17:19 — He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth (מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ) his gate seeketh destruction.
• Proverbs 18:12 — Before destruction the heart of man is haughty (יִגְבַּ֣הּ), and before honour is humility.
• Isaiah 3:16 — Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty (גָֽבְהוּ֙), and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
• Isaiah 5:16 — But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted (וַיִּגְבַּ֛ה) in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
• Isaiah 7:11 — Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height (הַגְבֵּ֥הַּ) above.
• Isaiah 52:13 — Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high (וְגָבַ֖הּ).
• Isaiah 55:9 — For as the heavens are higher (גָבְה֥וּ) than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
• Isaiah 55:9 — For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher (גָּבְה֤וּ) than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
• Jeremiah 13:15 — Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud (תִּגְבָּ֑הוּ): for the LORD hath spoken.
• Jeremiah 49:16 — Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high (תַגְבִּ֤יהַ) as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
• Ezekiel 16:50 — And they were haughty (וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָה), and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
• Ezekiel 17:24 — And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted (הִגְבַּ֙הְתִּי֙) the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
• Ezekiel 19:11 — And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted (וַתִּגְבַּ֥הּ) among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
• Ezekiel 21:26 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt (הַגְבֵּ֔הַ) him that is low, and abase him that is high.
• Ezekiel 28:2 — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up (גָּבַ֤הּ), and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
• Ezekiel 28:5 — By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up (וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּ) because of thy riches:
• Ezekiel 28:17 — Thine heart was lifted up (גָּבַ֤הּ) because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
• Ezekiel 31:5 — Therefore his height was exalted (גָּבְהָ֣א) above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
• Ezekiel 31:10 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up (גָּבַ֖הְתָּ) thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
• Ezekiel 31:14 — To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves (יִגְבְּה֨וּ) for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
• Obadiah 1:4 — Though thou exalt (תַּגְבִּ֣יהַּ) thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
• 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, and thou shalt no more be haughty (לְגָבְהָ֛ה) because of my holy mountain.