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 39Old Testament books
- 31spellings
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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- וַיַּגְבִּיהֶ֖הָvaiyagbihehaHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he made high it
Job
four uses
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
- 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.
- 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.
- וַיִּגְבָּֽהוּ׃vaiyigbahuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have become exalted
Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
- 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.
- כִגְבֹ֣הַּkhigvoahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: as is high
Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
- 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.
- 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.
- מַגְבִּ֥יהַּmagbiahverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: makes high
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- 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—
- 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.
- 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.”
- הַגְבֵּ֥הַּhagbeahverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: make high
Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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.
- לְגָבְהָ֛הlegavehahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be haughty
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.
