STRONGS NUMBER H1361


Word Summary
gabahh: locust
Original Word: גָּבַהּ
Transliteration: 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, upward

A 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

גָּבַהּverb 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.; גָָּֽבְהָא֯Ezekiel 31:5 (א‎ = ה‎); גָּבַהְתָּ31:10, גָּבְהוּJob 35:5 3t.; Imperfect יִגְבַּהּProverbs 18:12 5t.; suffix יִגְבְּהוּEzekiel 31:14, יִגְבָּ֑הוּJob 36:7, תִּגְבָּ֑הוּJeremiah 13:15, תִּגְבְּהֶינָהEzekiel 16:50; Infinitive כִּגְבֹהַּPsalm 103:11, לְגָבְהָהZephaniah 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 לבIsaiah 3:16; Jeremiah 13:15; Ezekiel 16:50; Zephaniah 3:11.

Hiph`il Perfect הִגְבַּהְתִּיEzekiel 17:24; Imperfect יַגְבִּיהַּJob 39:27; Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 4; וַיַּגְבִּיהֶהָ2 Chronicles 33:14; יַגְבִּיהוּJob 5:7; Infinitive הַגְבֵּהַּIsaiah 7:11; Ezekiel 21:31; Participle מַגְבִּיהַּProverbs 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 יַגְבִּיהוּmake their flight high, soar aloft Job 5:7, without עוף39:27.