גָּבַהּ
gâbahh · gaw-bah'
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
- to soar, i.e. be lofty
- figuratively, to be haughty
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּבַהּ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was lifted up4 · 13%
- was exalted2 · 6%
- exalt2 · 6%
- is lifted up2 · 6%
- he was higher1 · 3%
- and raised it up1 · 3%
- upward1 · 3%
- which are higher1 · 3%
- and they are exalted1 · 3%
- mount up1 · 3%
- is high above1 · 3%
- on high1 · 3%
- is not haughty1 · 3%
- and he that exalteth1 · 3%
- is haughty1 · 3%
- are haughty1 · 3%
- shall be exalted1 · 3%
- or in the height1 · 3%
- high1 · 3%
- are higher1 · 3%
- higher1 · 3%
- be not proud1 · 3%
- as high1 · 3%
- and they were haughty1 · 3%
- have exalted1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.