Lexical Definition

‎גָּבַהּ‎ gâbahh (gaw-bah') to exult ^H:V
a primitive root

exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.

• to soar, i.e. be lofty
• figuratively, to be haughty

1) to be high, be exalted
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be high, lofty, tall
1a2) to be exalted
1a3) to be lofty
1a3a) to be lofty (of Jehovah's ways-good sense)
1a3b) to be haughty, be arrogant (bad sense)
1b) (Hiphil) to make high, exalt

See Greek: ἀπέχει · ἀπέχομαι · ἀπέχω · δοξάζω · ἐπαίρω · μεγαλαυχέω · μέγας · μετεωρίζω · ὑψηλός · ὑψόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גָּבַהּ‎ verb be high, exalted (Late Hebrew id. (Hiph`il), Aramaic ‎גְּבַהּ‎, compare Arabic forehead, prominence of forehead; compare perhaps also Assyrian gabâni, heights (?) Lotz^{TP 133}) —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎ג‎ 2Chr 26:16 + 5 t.; ‎גָָּֽבְהָא֯‎ Ezek 31:5 (‎א‎ = ‎ה‎); ‎גָּבַהְתָּ‎ Ezek 31:10, ‎גָּ˜בְהוּ‎ Job 35:5 + 3 t.; Imperfect ‎יִגְבַּהּ‎ Prov 18:12 + 5 t.; suffix ‎יִגְבְּהוּ‎ Ezek 31:14, ‎יִגְבָּ֑הוּ‎ Job 36:7, ‎תִּגְבָּ֑הוּ‎ Jer 13:15, ‎תִּגְבְּהֶינָה‎ Ezek 16:50 Infinitive ‎כִּגְבֹהַּ‎ Ps 103:11, ‎לְגָבְהָה‎ Zeph 3:11 —

1. be high, lofty, tall, e.g. tree Ezek 19:11; Ezek 31:5; Ezek 31:10; Ezek 31:14, heavens Job 35:5; Isa 55:9; Ps 103:11, man 1Sam 10:23.

2. be exalted, of man in dignity and honour Job 36:7, of servant of Yahweh Isa 52:13, God Isa 5:16, God's ways Isa 55:9.

3. lofty ‎גָּבַהּ לִבּוֺ‎: —
a. in a good sense, encouraged in the ways of Yahweh 2Chr 17:6
b. elsewhere in a bad sense, be haughty Ps 131:1; Prov 18:12; 2Chr 26:16; 2Chr 32:25; Ezek 28:2; Ezek 28:5; Ezek 28:17, and so without ‎לב‎ Isa 3:16; Jer 13:15; Ezek 16:50; Zeph 3:11. Hiph`il Perfect ‎הִגְבַּהְתִּי‎ Ezek 17:24 Imperfect ‎יַגְבִּיהַּ‎ Job 39:27; Jer 49:16; Obad 1:4 ‎וַיַּגְבִּיהֶהָ‎ 2Chr 33:14 ‎יַגְבִּיהוּ‎ Job 5:7 Infinitive ‎הַגְבֵּהַּ‎ Isa 7:11; Ezek 21:31* Participle ‎מַגְבִּיהַּ‎ Prov 17:19; Ps 113:5 — make high, exalt, e.g. trees Ezek 17:24, wall 2Chr 33:14, gate Prov 17:19, nest Jer 49:16; Obad 1:4, dwelling Ps 103:5, a request Isa 7:11, the lowly Ezek 21:31* ‎יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף‎ make their flight high, soar aloft Job 5:7, without ‎עוף‎ Job 39:27.

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