גֹּבַהּ govah

Hebrew word for “height” · Strong’s H1363 · used 17 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

1) height, exaltation; 1a) height; 1b) exaltation, grandeur; 1c) haughtiness

How it is translated

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

• height 10
• haughtiness 4
• heights 1
• dignity 1
• like the height 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 31 (2), 1 Samuel 17 (1), 2 Chronicles 3 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1), Job 11 (1), Job 22 (1), Job 40 (1), Psalms 10 (1), Proverbs 16 (1), Jeremiah 48 (1)

Forms

• גבהו 3
• גבה 3
• וגבה 3
• כגבה 2
• בגבהו 2
• והגבה 1
• בגבה 1
• גבהי 1
• בגבהם 1

Words used with it

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

• עֲבֹת avot “cord” 3
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 4
• גָּבַהּ gavah “to exult” 3
• קוֹמָה qomah “height” 3
• גָּאוֹן gaon “pride” 3
• צַמֶּרֶת tsammeret “treetop” 2
• בַּיִן bayin “between” 3
• רֹחַב rochav “width” 2
• אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 2
• רוּם rum “to exalt” 2
• שֵׁשׁ shesh “six” 2
• רָאָה raah “to see” 3

Key verses

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

• 1 Samuel 17:4 — And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
• 2 Chronicles 32:26 — Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them…
• Job 11:8 — It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
• Job 22:12 — Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
• Job 40:10 — Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
• Psalms 10:4 — The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek God is not in all his thoughts.
• Proverbs 16:18 — Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
• Jeremiah 48:29 — We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
• Ezekiel 19:11 — And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the…
• Ezekiel 31:10 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted…
• Ezekiel 31:14 — To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees…
• Amos 2:9 — Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above,…

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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.