גֹּבַהּ
gôbahh · go'-bah
elation, grandeur, arrogance
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1361 (גָּבַהּ);
elation, grandeur, arrogance
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.
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 גֹּבַהּ 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- whose height1 · 6%
- and the height1 · 6%
- himself for the pride1 · 6%
- it is as high1 · 6%
- in the height1 · 6%
- and excellency1 · 6%
- through the pride1 · 6%
- and an haughty1 · 6%
- his loftiness1 · 6%
- they were so high1 · 6%
- in her height1 · 6%
- in his height1 · 6%
- in their height1 · 6%
- high1 · 6%
- also the height1 · 6%
- them, whose height1 · 6%
- was like the height1 · 6%
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.