King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1361
Transliteration: gabahh
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-bah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: locust
Meaning: to soar, be lofty, to be haughty
Word Summary
gabahh: locust
Original Word: גָּבַהּTransliteration: gabahh
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-bah')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: locust
Meaning: to soar, be lofty, to be haughty
Strong's Concordance
exalt, be haughty, be make higher, lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upwardA primitive root; to soar, i.e. Be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty -- exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1361. gabahh
גָּבַהּ verb be high, exalted (Late Hebrew id. (Hiph`il), Aramaic גְּבַהּ, compare Arabic forehead, prominence of forehead; compare perhaps also Assyrian gabâni, heights (?) LotzTP 133) —
Qal Perfect ׳ג2 Chronicles 26:16 5t.; גָָּֽבְהָא֯ Ezekiel 31:5 (א = ה); גָּבַהְתָּ 31:10, גָּבְהוּ Job 35:5 3t.; Imperfect יִגְבַּהּ Proverbs 18:12 5t.; suffix יִגְבְּהוּ Ezekiel 31:14, יִגְבָּ֑הוּ Job 36:7, תִּגְבָּ֑הוּ Jeremiah 13:15, תִּגְבְּהֶינָה Ezekiel 16:50; Infinitive כִּגְבֹהַּ Psalm 103:11, לְגָבְהָה Zephaniah 3:11; —
1 be high, lofty, tall, e.g. tree Ezekiel 19:11; 31:5, 10, 14, heavens Job 35:5; Isaiah 55:9; Psalm 103:11, man 1 Samuel 10:23.
2 be exalted, of man in dignity and honour Job 36:7, of servant of Yahweh Isaiah 52:13, God 5:16, God's ways 55:9.
3 lofty לִבּוֺ גָּבַהּ: —
a. in a good sense, encouraged in the ways of Yahweh 2 Chronicles 17:6;
b. elsewhere in a bad sense, be haughty Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 18:12; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 32:25; Ezekiel 28:2, 5, 17, and so without לב Isaiah 3:16; Jeremiah 13:15; Ezekiel 16:50; Zephaniah 3:11.
Hiph`il Perfect הִגְבַּהְתִּי Ezekiel 17:24; Imperfect יַגְבִּיהַּ Job 39:27; Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 4; וַיַּגְבִּיהֶהָ2 Chronicles 33:14; יַגְבִּיהוּ Job 5:7; Infinitive הַגְבֵּהַּ Isaiah 7:11; Ezekiel 21:31; Participle מַגְבִּיהַּ Proverbs 17:19; Psalm 113:5; — make high, exalt, e.g. trees Ezekiel 17:24, wall 2 Chronicles 33:14, gate Proverbs 17:19, nest Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 4, dwelling Psalm 103:5, a request Isaiah 7:11, the lowly Ezekiel 21:31; עוּף יַגְבִּיהוּ make their flight high, soar aloft Job 5:7, without עוף 39:27.