Lexical Definition

‎רוּם‎ rûwm (room) height ^H:N-M
or רֻם rum (room); from ‎רוּם‎

haughtiness, height, [idiom] high.

• (literally) elevation or (figuratively) elation

1) haughtiness, height, elevation
1a) height, loftiness
1b) haughtiness

See Greek: δυνατός · ἰσχυρός · ὕβρις · ὑβριστής · ὑπερηφανία · ὑπερήφανος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: rum (‎רו‎ּ‎ם‎ "height" רוּם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רוּם‎, ‎רֻם‎ noun [masculine] height, haughtiness (properly infinitive); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ר‎,

1. height, loftiness, ‎שָׁמַיִם‎ ‎וָאָרֶץ לָעֹמֶק‎ ‎׳‎‎לָר‎ Prov 25:3 construct ‎רוּם עֵינַיִם‎ figurative of haughtiness Isa 10:12 (|| ‎גֹּדֶל לֵבָב‎), Prov 21:4 (|| ‎רְחַבלֵֿב‎); so ‎רֻם לִבּוֺ‎ Jer 48:29 (|| ‎גַּאֲוָה‎, ‎גָּאוֺן‎, ‎גֹּבַהּ‎); then alone:

2. haughtiness, ‎רוּם אֲנָשִׁים‎ Isa 2:11; Isa 2:17 (both || ‎גַּבְהוּת‎).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References