Lexical Definition

‎גָּבֹהַּ‎ gâbôahh (gaw-bo'-ah) high ^H:A
or גָּבוֹהַּ gâbôwahh (gawbo'-ah); (fully) from ‎גָּבַהּ‎

haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, [idiom] exceeding proudly.

• elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant

adj
1) high, exalted
1a) high, tall
1b) high (in position)
1c) proud, haughty
n m
2) loftiness

See Greek: ὑπερήφανος · ὑπεροχή · ὑψηλός

Extended Information

• adj
• n m
• Also means: ga.vah (‎ג‎ָּ‎ב‎ֹ‎ה‎ַּ "high" גָּבָהּ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גָּבֹהַּ‎ adjective high, exalted — 1Sam 9:2 + 15 t.; ‎גָּבוֺהַּ‎ Ps 138:6 construct ‎גְּבֹהַּ‎ 1Sam 16:7 ‎גְּבַהּ‎ (Ew^{§ 213 d}) Ps 101:5 + 3 t.; plural ‎גְּבֹהִים‎ Eccl 5:7* + 5 t.; feminine ‎גְּבֹהָה‎ Deut 3:5 + 6 t.; plural ‎גְּבֹהוֺת‎ Dan 8:3 + 2 t.; ‎גְּבֹהֹת‎ Deut 28:52 —

1. high, lofty, tall, e.g. tree Ezek 17:24, tower Isa 2:15; Zeph 1:16, mountain Gen 7:19; Ps 104:18; Isa 40:9; Isa 57:7; Ezek 17:22; Ezek 40:2 compare phrases ‎על כל גבעה גבהה‎ upon every high hill 1Kgs 14:23; 2Kgs 17:10; Jer 2:20 ‎על גבעות‎ ‎הגבהות‎ Jer 17:2 ‎עַלכָּֿלהַֿר גָּבֹהַּ‎ Isa 30:25; Jer 3:6 man 1Sam 9:2 tree ‎גְּבַהּ קוֺמָה‎ Ezek 31:3 horns Dan 8:3 walls Deut 3:5; Deut 28:52 gallows Esth 5:14; Esth 7:9 gate Jer 51:58 altar Ezek 41:22 high things Job 41:26*; Eccl 12:5.

2. exalted in station Ezek 21:31* ‎כִּי גָּבֹהַּ מֵעַל גָּבֹהַּ שֹׁמֵר‎ ‎וּגְבֹהִים עֲלֵיהֶם‎ for high one above high one is watching, & the Most High over them Eccl 5:7* so Ew Zö and others, but Vrss De Now and others higher (earthly), potentates over them.

3. haughty Ps 138:6; Isa 5:15; Isa 10:33; 1Sam 2:3 ‎גְּבַהּעֵֿינַיִם‎ Ps 101:5 ‎לֵב‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Prov 16:5 ‎רוּחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Eccl 7:8.

4. noun [masculine] loftiness, ‎גִּבֹהַּ קוֺמַתוֺ‎ 1Sam 16:7 compare ‎גָּדוֺל‎ 10, p. 153.

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