גָּבֹהַּ
gâbôahh · gaw-bo'-ah
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
Lexicon
Derivation: or גָּבוֹהַּ; (fully) from H1361 (גָּבַהּ);
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, [idiom] exceeding proudly.
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 גָּבֹהַּ 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
41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- high4 · 14%
- the high2 · 7%
- and all the high1 · 3%
- with high1 · 3%
- until thy high1 · 3%
- so exceeding1 · 3%
- proudly1 · 3%
- he was higher1 · 3%
- or on the height1 · 3%
- on every high1 · 3%
- in every high1 · 3%
- all high1 · 3%
- but the proud1 · 3%
- for he that is higher1 · 3%
- than the highest1 · 3%
- and there be higher1 · 3%
- of that which is high1 · 3%
- and upon every high1 · 3%
- of the lofty1 · 3%
- and the haughty1 · 3%
- and there shall be upon every high1 · 3%
- into the high1 · 3%
- upon a lofty1 · 3%
- when upon every high1 · 3%
- upon every high1 · 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.