gavah · be high, be proud

What it means

gavah (גָּבַהּ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be high, be proud”.

To be high, to rise up; figuratively, to be exalted or to become proud.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To be or rise very high, above everything else.
2. To be filled with pride and think oneself above God and others.
3. To be honored, or honor another.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• high ×11
• are higher ×3
• haughty ×3
• lifted up ×3
• was lifted up ×3
• exalt ×2
• was exalted ×2
• as the height ×1
• be proud ×1
• he was taller ×1
• others ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Chronicles×4
• Job×4
• Psalms×3
• Proverbs×2
• Isaiah×6
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×10
• Obadiah×1
• Zephaniah×1

• 1 Samuel 10:23

  And they ran and took him from there, and he stood among the people, and he was taller than all the people from his shoulders upward.

• 2 Chronicles 17:6

  His heart was exalted in the ways of YHWH; and moreover he removed the high places and the Asherahs from Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 26:16

  But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his own destruction; he was unfaithful to YHWH his Elohim, and went into the temple of YHWH to burn incense on the altar of incense.

• 2 Chronicles 32:25

  But Hezekiah did not repay according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was lifted up; and there was wrath upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 33:14

  After this he built an outer wall for the city of David, west of Gihon, in the brook, and to the entrance at the Fish Gate, and he surrounded the Ophel and raised it very high. He put commanders of forces in all the fortified cities of Judah.

• Job 5:7

  but the human being is born for suffering, and the sons of the flame fly high.

• Job 35:5

  Look at the heavens and see, and perceive the clouds, that are higher than you.

• Job 36:7

  He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, and with kings on the throne he seats them forever, and they are exalted.

• Job 39:27

  Or at your command does the eagle mount up, and is it that it sets on high its nest?

• Psalms 103:11

  For as the height of the heavens above the earth, so strong is his loyal love over those who fear him.

• Psalms 113:5

  Who is like YHWH our Elohim, who sits on high,

• Psalms 131:1

  A song of the ascents. Of David. YHWH, my heart has not been lifted up, nor have my eyes been raised high, nor have I walked in great things or in things too wonderful for me.

• Proverbs 17:19

  Whoever loves transgression loves strife; whoever raises high his door seeks a breaking.

• Proverbs 18:12

  Before a breaking the heart of a man is haughty, and before honor comes humility.

• Isaiah 3:16

  And YHWH said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, and with eyes that ogle, walking and tripping along they go, and with their feet they jingle,

• Isaiah 5:16

  But YHWH Tsevaot will be exalted in judgment, and the holy El shows himself holy in righteousness.

• Isaiah 7:11

  “Ask for yourself a sign from YHWH your Elohim; make deep the request, or make it high above.”

• Isaiah 52:13

  Look, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up, and will be very high.

• Isaiah 55:9

  “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are higher my ways than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

• Jeremiah 13:15

  Hear and give ear; do not be proud, for YHWH has spoken.

• Jeremiah 49:16

  Your terror has deceived you, the insolence of your heart, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make high like the eagle your nest, from there I will bring you down, declares YHWH.

• Ezekiel 16:50

  And they were haughty and did abomination before me, and I removed them when I saw it.

• Ezekiel 17:24

  And all the trees of the field will know that I, YHWH, have brought low the high tree, have made high the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made flourish the dry tree. I, YHWH, have spoken, and I will do it.’”

• Ezekiel 19:11

  And she had strong rods for scepters of rulers; and its stature rose high up among the thick foliage, and it was seen in its height, with the multitude of its branches.

• Ezekiel 21:26

  thus says Adonai YHWH: Remove the turban and take off the crown! This will not be this! The low exalt, and the high bring low.

• Ezekiel 28:2

  “Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Because your heart is lifted up and you have said, “I am El; in the seat of Elohim I sit in the heart of the seas,” yet you are a human being and not El, and you have set your heart like the heart of Elohim;

• Ezekiel 28:5

  by the abundance of your wisdom, by your trade you have multiplied your wealth, and your heart is lifted up because of your wealth;

• Ezekiel 28:17

  Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; to the ground I cast you; before kings I set you that they may gaze at you as a spectacle.

• Ezekiel 31:5

  Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and its boughs multiplied, and its foliage grew long from many waters as it spread out.

• Ezekiel 31:10

  Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: ‘Because you rose high in stature, and it set its top among the thick foliage, and its heart was lifted up in its height,

• Ezekiel 31:14

  so that no trees by the waters will rise high in their stature, nor set their top among the thick foliage, nor stand in their height all who drink water; for all of them are given over to death, to the land below, in the midst of the sons of man, with those who go down to the pit.’

• Obadiah 1:4

  Though you soar high like the eagle, and though among the stars your nest is set, from there I will bring you down, declares YHWH.

• Zephaniah 3:11

  On that day you will not be ashamed of all your deeds by which you transgressed against me; for then I will remove from your midst those who exult in your haughtiness, and you will not again exalt yourself on my holy mountain.

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