גָּבָהּ
gavah · high, proud
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1362 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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gavah (גָּבָהּ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “high, proud”.
High, lofty; of a person, haughty, proud.
How to say it
ga·vah
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
- Of great stature.
- Thinking oneself above others.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- haughty ×1
- tall ×1
- than one high ×1
- whoever is high of eyes ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 101:5
Whoever slanders in secret his neighbor, him I will destroy; whoever is high of eyes and wide of heart, him I will not endure.
- Proverbs 16:5
An abomination to YHWH is everyone haughty of heart; hand to hand, he will not go unpunished.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8
Better is the end of a matter than its beginning; better is one long of spirit than one high of spirit.
- Ezekiel 31:3
Look, Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, beautiful of branches, and a thicket giving shade, and tall of stature, and among the thick foliage was its top.