גָּבַהּ gavah

Hebrew word for “to exult” · Strong’s H1361 · used 34 times in 33 verses

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Meaning

1) to be high, be exalted;

How it is translated

Glosses given for gavah in context, with how often each is used:

• haughty 8
• high 5
• tall 3
• make high 2
• will make high 2
• has been haughty 2
• made high 1
• have become exalted 1
• does it make high its flight 1
• who is making high 1
• has been lofty 1
• one who makes high 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 28 (3), Ezekiel 31 (3), 1 Samuel 10 (1), 2 Chronicles 17 (1), 2 Chronicles 26 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1), 2 Chronicles 33 (1), Job 5 (1), Job 35 (1), Job 36 (1)

Forms

• גבה 5
• ויגבה 4
• גבהו 4
• הגבה 2
• תגביה 2
• ויגביהה 1
• יגביהו 1
• ויגבהו 1
• יגביה 1
• כגבה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gavah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• לֵב lev “heart” 8
• קוֹמָה qomah “height” 4
• רוּם rum “to exalt” 5
• קֵן qen “nest” 3
• גֹּבַהּ govah “height” 3
• עֲבֹת avot “cord” 3
• נֶשֶׁר nesher “eagle” 3
• בַּיִן bayin “between” 4
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 4
• צַמֶּרֶת tsammeret “treetop” 2
• יַעַן yaan “because” 3
• שָׁפָל shaphal “low” 2

Key verses

The verses using gavah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• 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…
• Psalms 131:1 — [A Song of degrees of David.] 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.
• Proverbs 18:12 — Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
• Isaiah 3:16 — Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and…
• Isaiah 5:16 — But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
• Isaiah 52:13 — Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
• Jeremiah 49:16 — Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though…
• Ezekiel 17:24 — And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have…
• Ezekiel 28:2 — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God,…
• Ezekiel 28:5 — By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
• Zephaniah 3:11 — In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.