Strong's Hebrew · H1361

גָּבַהּ

gâbahh · gaw-bah'

Definitionto soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usageexalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
Occurrences34 in the KJV · 33 verses

גָּבַהּ in Scripture

1 Samuel 10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. 2 Chronicles 17:6 And his heart was lifted up 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 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: 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, 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. Job 35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher 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 forever, and they are exalted. Job 39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? Psalms 103:11 For as the heaven is high 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, Psalms 131:1 LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
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