גָּבַהּgâbahh
be high, exalted
Pronunciation: gaw-bah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1361
Meanings
Qal
1. be high, lofty, tall (Ezekiel 19:11; Ezekiel 31:5; Ezekiel 31:10)
2. be exalted (Job 36:7; Isaiah 52:13; Isaiah 5:16)
3. lofty
a. encouraged (2 Chronicles 17:6)
b. be haughty (Psalms 131:1; Proverbs 18:12; 2 Chronicles 26:16)
Hiph`il: make high, exalt (Ezekiel 17:24; Job 39:27; Jeremiah 49:16)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 34 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 10:23 So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else.
- 2 Chronicles 17:6 He was deeply committed to the ways of the Lord. He removed the pagan shrines and Asherah poles from Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the Lord his God by entering the sanctuary of the Lord’s Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25 But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the Lord’s anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 33:14 After this Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, from west of the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley to the Fish Gate, and continuing around the hill of Ophel. He built the wall very high. And he stationed his military officers in all of the fortified towns of Judah.
- Job 5:7 People are born for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).