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Hebrew verb · H1361

גָּבַהּ

gabahhgaw-bah'

to exult

34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: gâbahh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1361is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 31
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1361

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

The King James renders it: exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

gabahh is rendered "to exult". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 10:23So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-one different ways.

The first use

So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

1 Samuel 10:23וַיִּגְבַּהּ֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Ten of the word's thirty-four uses are in Ezekiel.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • it was haughty3
  • they are high3
  • you will make high2
  • and he made high it1
  • and he was exalted1
  • and he was tall1
  • and he will be exalted1
  • and it has been haughty1
  • and it was high1
  • and it was lofty1
  • and they have become exalted1
  • and they were haughty1

and 17 more, 34 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

גָּבֹהַּgaboahhhighUses41
גָּבַרgabarto prevailUses25
גָּבַלgabalto borderUses5
גָּבִישׁgabishcrystalUses1
גָּבָהּgabahhhighUsesnot recorded

The words it stands beside

All 34, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

31 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • גָּבַ֤הּ3
  • וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּ2
  • גָבַ֣הּ1
  • גָבַ֖הּ1
  • גָּבְהָ֣א1
  • גָֽבְהוּ֙1
  • גָבְה֥וּ1
  • גָּבְה֥וּ1
  • גָּבְה֤וּ1
  • גָּבַ֖הְתָּ1
  • הַגְבֵּ֔הַ1
  • הַגְבֵּ֥הַּ1

and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVqp3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3ms4Hc/Vqw3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVqp3cp
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vqcc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute2HVhaa
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular2HVhi2ms
  • Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3fs1Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp3fs
  • Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3fp1Hc/Vqw3fp
  • Hc/Vqw3fs1Hc/Vqw3fs
  • Hc/Vqw3mp1Hc/Vqw3mp
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HTd/Vhrmsc

1 Samuel

one use
  • So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

    1 Samuel 10:23

    • וַיִּגְבַּהּ֙vaiyigbahHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was tall

2 Chronicles

four uses
  • And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

    2 Chronicles 17:6

    • וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּvaiyigbahHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was high
  • But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

    2 Chronicles 26:16

    • גָּבַ֤הּgavahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was haughty
  • But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 32:25

    • גָבַ֖הּgavahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was haughty
  • After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

    2 Chronicles 33:14

    • וַיַּגְבִּיהֶ֖הָvaiyagbihehaHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he made high it

Job

four uses
  • Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

    Job 5:7

    • יַגְבִּ֥יהוּyagbihuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they make high
  • Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

    Job 35:5

    • גָּבְה֥וּgavehuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are high
  • He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

    Job 36:7

    • וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃vaiyigbahuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have become exalted
  • Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

    Job 39:27

    • יַגְבִּ֣יהַּyagbiahverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: does it make high

Psalms

three uses
  • For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

    Psalms 103:11

    • כִגְבֹ֣הַּkhigvoahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: as is high
  • Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?

    Psalms 113:5

    • הַֽמַּגְבִּיהִ֥יhamagbihithe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: who is making high
  • My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.

    Psalms 131:1

    • גָבַ֣הּgavahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been lofty

Proverbs

two uses
  • He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

    Proverbs 17:19

    • מַגְבִּ֥יהַּmagbiahverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: makes high
  • Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

    Proverbs 18:12

    • יִגְבַּ֣הּyigbahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is haughty

Isaiah

six uses
  • The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

    Isaiah 3:16

    • גָֽבְהוּ֙gavehuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are haughty
  • But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

    Isaiah 5:16

    • וַיִּגְבַּ֛הvaiyigbahHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was exalted
  • “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”

    Isaiah 7:11

    • הַגְבֵּ֥הַּhagbeahverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: make high
  • Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

    Isaiah 52:13

    • וְגָבַ֖הּvegavahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be exalted
  • “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

    Isaiah 55:9

    • גָבְה֥וּgavehuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are high
    • גָּבְה֤וּgavehuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are high

Jeremiah

two uses
  • Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

    Jeremiah 13:15

    • תִּגְבָּ֑הוּtigbahuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you be haughty
  • The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 49:16

    • תַגְבִּ֤יהַtagbihaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will make high

Ezekiel

ten uses
  • Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.

    Ezekiel 16:50

    • וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָהvatigbeheinahHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they were haughty
  • Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”

    Ezekiel 17:24

    • הִגְבַּ֙הְתִּי֙higbahtiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I raise up
  • It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.

    Ezekiel 19:11

    • וַתִּגְבַּ֥הּvatigbahHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was lofty
  • This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.

    Ezekiel 21:26

    • הַגְבֵּ֔הַhagbehaverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: exalt
  • “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

    Ezekiel 28:2

    • גָּבַ֤הּgavahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been haughty
  • By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

    Ezekiel 28:5

    • וַיִּגְבַּ֥הּvaiyigbahHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it has been haughty
  • Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.

    Ezekiel 28:17

    • גָּבַ֤הּgavahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was haughty
  • Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.

    Ezekiel 31:5

    • גָּבְהָ֣אgaveha'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was tall
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

    Ezekiel 31:10

    • גָּבַ֖הְתָּgavahtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you were tall
  • This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’

    Ezekiel 31:14

    • יִגְבְּה֨וּyigbehuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they may be lifted up

Obadiah

one use
  • Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

    Obadiah 1:4

    • תַּגְבִּ֣יהַּtagbiahverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will make high

Zephaniah

one use
  • On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.

    Zephaniah 3:11

    • לְגָבְהָ֛הlegavehahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be haughty

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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