מָרוֹם
mârôwm · maw-rome'
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7311 (רוּם);
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָרוֹם 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
54 occurrences · 54 OT · 0 NT · 43 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- on high13 · 28%
- from above4 · 9%
- from on high3 · 7%
- in the high places2 · 4%
- to the height2 · 4%
- the height2 · 4%
- of the height2 · 4%
- is on high1 · 2%
- in his high places1 · 2%
- herself on high1 · 2%
- thou on high1 · 2%
- are far above1 · 2%
- against me, o thou most high1 · 2%
- is very high1 · 2%
- loftily1 · 2%
- art most high1 · 2%
- from the height1 · 2%
- him in the heights1 · 2%
- of high places1 · 2%
- the highest places1 · 2%
- dignity1 · 2%
- the haughty1 · 2%
- of the high ones1 · 2%
- that are on high1 · 2%
- upon us from on high1 · 2%
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.