גָּבֹהַּ gavoah

Hebrew word for “high” · Strong’s H1364 · used 41 times in 36 verses

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Meaning

adj; 1) high, exalted;

How it is translated

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

• high 22
• haughty 3
• tall 3
• high one 3
• height 1
• exalted one 1
• proud 1
• person haughty 1
• high ones 1
• more than a person proud 1
• high place 1
• proud people 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 17 (2), Genesis 7 (1), Deuteronomy 3 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 1 Samuel 9 (1), 1 Samuel 16 (1), 1 Kings 14 (1), 2 Kings 17 (1), Esther 5 (1)

Forms

• גבה 18
• גבהה 7
• הגבהים 3
• הגבהות 3
• וגבה 2
• מגבה 2
• וגבהים 1
• גבהים 1
• והגבהים 1
• והגבה 1

Words used with it

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

• עֵץ ets “tree” 9
• רַעֲנָן raanan “luxuriant” 5
• הַר har “mountain” 8
• גִּבְעָה givah “hill” 5
• שָׁפֵל shaphel “to abase” 4
• בָּצַר batsar “to gather/restrain/fortify” 4
• רוּם rum “to exalt” 5
• שָׁפָל shaphal “low” 3
• חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 4
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 5
• אֲשֵׁרָה asherah “Asherah” 3
• קוֹמָה qomah “height” 3

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 28:52 — And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege…
• 1 Samuel 2:3 — Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
• 1 Samuel 16:7 — But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;…
• Psalms 101:5 — Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
• Psalms 138:6 — Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than…
• Isaiah 40:9 — O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up,…
• Jeremiah 2:20 — For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou…
• Jeremiah 3:6 — The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and…
• Ezekiel 17:22 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender…
• 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 31:3 — Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

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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.