1364. gaboah
Strong's Lexicon
gaboah: High, exalted, lofty

Original Word: גָּבֹהּ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: gaboahh
Pronunciation: gah-BO-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-bo'-ah)
Definition: High, exalted, lofty
Meaning: elevated, powerful, arrogant

Word Origin: Derived from the root גָּבַהּ (gābah), which means "to be high" or "to be exalted."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - 5308 (hypsēlos): Meaning "high" or "lofty," used in the New Testament to describe things that are elevated or exalted.

- 5311 (hypsos): Referring to height or elevation, often used metaphorically for exaltation.

Usage: The Hebrew word "gaboah" is used to describe something that is physically high or elevated, as well as metaphorically to denote something exalted or superior. It can refer to physical height, such as the height of a person or a structure, and is also used to describe the exalted status of God or the pride of individuals.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, height was often associated with strength, power, and superiority. High places were frequently used for worship, both in the context of the worship of Yahweh and in pagan practices. The concept of height also carried a metaphorical significance, representing the exaltation of God above all creation and the pride of individuals who elevate themselves above others.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from gabah
Definition
high, exalted
NASB Translation
haughtiness (1), haughty (2), high (22), higher officials (1), lofty (1), long (1), longer (1), longer one (1), official (2), proud (2), taller (1), very proudly (1), which is high (1), who are lofty (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
גָּבֹהַּ adjective high, exalted1 Samuel 9:2 15t.; גָּבוֺהַּ Psalm 138:6; construct גְּבֹהַּ 1 Samuel 16:7; גְּבַהּ (Ew§ 213 d) Psalm 101:5 3t.; plural גְּבֹהִים Ecclesiastes 5:7 5t.; feminine גְּבֹהָה Deuteronomy 3:5 6t.; plural גְּבֹהוֺת Daniel 8:3 2t.; גְּבֹהֹת Deuteronomy 28:52; —

1 high, lofty, tall, e.g. tree Ezekiel 17:24, tower Isaiah 2:15; Zephaniah 1:16, mountain Genesis 7:19; Psalm 104:18; Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 57:7; Ezekiel 17:22; Ezekiel 40:2; compare phrases על כל גבעה גבהה upon every high hill 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10; Jeremiah 2:20; על גבעות הגבהות Jeremiah 17:2; עַלכָּֿלהַֿר גָּבֹהַּ Isaiah 30:25; Jeremiah 3:6; man 1 Samuel 9:2; tree גְּבַהּ קוֺמָה Ezekiel 31:3; horns Daniel 8:3; walls Deuteronomy 3:5; Deuteronomy 28:52; gallows Esther 5:14; Esther 7:9; gate Jeremiah 51:58; altar Ezekiel 41:22; high things Job 41:26; Ecclesiastes 12:5.

2 exalted in station Ezekiel 21:31; כִּי גָּבֹהַּ מֵעַל גָּבֹהַּ שֹׁמֵר וּגְבֹהִים עֲלֵיהֶם for high one above high one is watching, & the Most High over them Ecclesiastes 5:7 so Ew Zö and others, but Vrss De Now and others higher (earthly), potentates over them.

3 haughty Psalm 138:6; Isaiah 5:15; Isaiah 10:33; 1 Samuel 2:3; גְּבַהּעֵֿינַיִם Psalm 101:5; לֵב ׳ג Proverbs 16:5; רוּחַ ׳ג Ecclesiastes 7:8.

4. noun [masculine] loftiness, גִּבֹהַּ קוֺמַתוֺ 1 Samuel 16:7; compare גָּדוֺל 10, p. 153.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
haughty, height, higher, lofty, proud, exceeding proudly

Or (fully) gabowahh {gaw-bo'-ah}; from gabahh; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant -- haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, X exceeding proudly.

see HEBREW gabahh

Forms and Transliterations
גְּבֹ֥הַּ גְּבֹה֗וֹת גְּבֹהָ֗ה גְּבֹהָ֣ה גְבֹהִ֖ים גְבֹהָ֔ה גְבֹהָ֖ה גָּבֹ֑הַ גָּבֹ֖הַ גָּבֹ֖הַּ גָּבֹ֗הַ גָּבֹ֗הַּ גָּבֹ֙הַּ֙ גָּבֹ֜הַּ גָּבֹ֣הַּ גָּבֹ֤הַ גָּבֹ֥הַּ גָבֹ֜הַּ גבה גבהה גבהות גבהים הַ֭גְּבֹהִים הַגְּבֹה֣וֹת הַגְּבֹהִ֔ים הַגְּבֹהִ֖ים הַגְּבֹהֽוֹת׃ הַשְׁפִּֽיל׃ הגבהות הגבהות׃ הגבהים השפיל׃ וְ֝גָבֹ֗הַּ וְהַ֨גְּבֹהָ֔ה וְהַגְּבֹהִ֖ים וּגְבֹהִ֖ים וגבה וגבהים והגבהה והגבהים מִגָּבֹ֤הַּ מגבה gā·ḇō·ah ḡā·ḇō·ah gā·ḇō·ha gāḇōah ḡāḇōah gāḇōha gaVoah gaVoha gə·ḇō·ah gə·ḇō·hāh ḡə·ḇō·hāh ḡə·ḇō·hîm gə·ḇō·hō·wṯ gəḇōah gəḇōhāh ḡəḇōhāh ḡəḇōhîm gəḇōhōwṯ geVoah gevoHah gevoHim gevoHot hag·gə·ḇō·hîm hag·gə·ḇō·hō·wṯ haggəḇōhîm haggəḇōhōwṯ haggevoHim haggevoHot haš·pîl hashPil hašpîl mig·gā·ḇō·ah miggāḇōah miggaVoah ū·ḡə·ḇō·hîm ūḡəḇōhîm ugevoHim vegaVoah veHaggevoHah vehaggevoHim wə·ḡā·ḇō·ah wə·hag·gə·ḇō·hāh wə·hag·gə·ḇō·hîm wəḡāḇōah wəhaggəḇōhāh wəhaggəḇōhîm
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Genesis 7:19
HEB: כָּל־ הֶֽהָרִים֙ הַגְּבֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־ תַּ֖חַת
NAS: so that all the high mountains
KJV: upon the earth; and all the high hills,
INT: all mountains the high after under

Deuteronomy 3:5
HEB: בְּצֻר֛וֹת חוֹמָ֥ה גְבֹהָ֖ה דְּלָתַ֣יִם וּבְרִ֑יחַ
NAS: fortified with high walls,
KJV: [were] fenced with high walls,
INT: fortified walls high gates and bars

Deuteronomy 28:52
HEB: רֶ֤דֶת חֹמֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ הַגְּבֹה֣וֹת וְהַבְּצֻר֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: until your high and fortified
KJV: thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced
INT: come walls your high and fortified which

1 Samuel 2:3
HEB: תַּרְבּ֤וּ תְדַבְּרוּ֙ גְּבֹהָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה יֵצֵ֥א
NAS: more so very proudly,
KJV: no more so exceeding proudly;
INT: more Talk very proudly come

1 Samuel 2:3
HEB: תְדַבְּרוּ֙ גְּבֹהָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה יֵצֵ֥א עָתָ֖ק
NAS: so very proudly, Do not let arrogance
KJV: so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy
INT: Talk very proudly come arrogance

1 Samuel 9:2
HEB: מִשִּׁכְמ֣וֹ וָמַ֔עְלָה גָּבֹ֖הַּ מִכָּל־ הָעָֽם׃
NAS: from his shoulders and up he was taller than
KJV: and upward [he was] higher than any of the people.
INT: his shoulders and upward was taller any of the people

1 Samuel 16:7
HEB: מַרְאֵ֛הוּ וְאֶל־ גְּבֹ֥הַּ קוֹמָת֖וֹ כִּ֣י
KJV: not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature;
INT: his appearance to the height the height because

1 Kings 14:23
HEB: כָּל־ גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־
NAS: on every high hill
KJV: and groves, on every high hill,
INT: every hill high and beneath every

2 Kings 17:10
HEB: כָּל־ גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־
NAS: on every high hill
KJV: and groves in every high hill,
INT: every hill high and under every

Esther 5:14
HEB: יַֽעֲשׂוּ־ עֵץ֮ גָּבֹ֣הַּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּה֒
NAS: cubits high made
KJV: cubits high, and to morrow
INT: made gallows high fifty cubits

Esther 7:9
HEB: בְּבֵ֣ית הָמָ֔ן גָּבֹ֖הַּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה
NAS: fifty cubits high, which Haman
KJV: cubits high, which Haman
INT: house Haman high fifty cubits

Job 41:34
HEB: גָּבֹ֥הַּ יִרְאֶ֑ה ה֝֗וּא
NAS: on everything that is high; He is king
KJV: He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] a king
INT: is high looks He

Psalm 104:18
HEB: הָרִ֣ים הַ֭גְּבֹהִים לַיְּעֵלִ֑ים סְ֝לָעִ֗ים
NAS: The high mountains
KJV: The high hills [are] a refuge
INT: mountains the high the wild the cliffs

Psalm 138:6
HEB: וְשָׁפָ֣ל יִרְאֶ֑ה וְ֝גָבֹ֗הַּ מִמֶּרְחָ֥ק יְיֵדָֽע׃
NAS: the lowly, But the haughty He knows
KJV: unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth
INT: the lowly regards the haughty afar knows

Ecclesiastes 5:8
HEB: הַחֵ֑פֶץ כִּ֣י גָבֹ֜הַּ מֵעַ֤ל גָּבֹ֙הַּ֙
NAS: at the sight; for one official watches
KJV: not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest
INT: the sight one official over official

Ecclesiastes 5:8
HEB: גָבֹ֜הַּ מֵעַ֤ל גָּבֹ֙הַּ֙ שֹׁמֵ֔ר וּגְבֹהִ֖ים
NAS: over another official, and there are higher officials
KJV: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth;
INT: official over official watches are higher

Ecclesiastes 5:8
HEB: גָּבֹ֙הַּ֙ שֹׁמֵ֔ר וּגְבֹהִ֖ים עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: another official, and there are higher officials over
KJV: regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.
INT: official watches are higher over

Ecclesiastes 12:5
HEB: גַּ֣ם מִגָּבֹ֤הַּ יִרָ֙אוּ֙ וְחַתְחַתִּ֣ים
NAS: men are afraid of a high place and of terrors
KJV: Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and fears
INT: Furthermore of a high are afraid terrors

Isaiah 2:15
HEB: כָּל־ מִגְדָּ֣ל גָּבֹ֑הַ וְעַ֖ל כָּל־
NAS: Against every high tower, Against
KJV: And upon every high tower,
INT: every tower high Against every

Isaiah 5:15
HEB: אִ֑ישׁ וְעֵינֵ֥י גְבֹהִ֖ים תִּשְׁפַּֽלְנָה׃
NAS: The eyes of the proud also will be abased.
KJV: and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
INT: and the man the eyes of the proud will be abased

Isaiah 10:33
HEB: הַקּוֹמָה֙ גְּדוּעִ֔ים וְהַגְּבֹהִ֖ים יִשְׁפָּֽלוּ׃
NAS: will be cut down And those who are lofty will be abased.
KJV: [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
INT: stature will be cut who will be abased

Isaiah 30:25
HEB: כָּל־ הַ֣ר גָּבֹ֗הַ וְעַל֙ כָּל־
NAS: On every lofty mountain and on every
KJV: And there shall be upon every high mountain,
INT: every mountain lofty and on every

Isaiah 40:9
HEB: עַ֣ל הַר־ גָּבֹ֤הַ עֲלִי־ לָךְ֙
NAS: Get yourself up on a high mountain,
KJV: get thee up into the high mountain;
INT: and mountain A high Get bearer

Isaiah 57:7
HEB: עַ֤ל הַר־ גָּבֹ֙הַּ֙ וְנִשָּׂ֔א שַׂ֖מְתְּ
NAS: Upon a high and lofty mountain
KJV: Upon a lofty and high mountain
INT: and mountain A high and lofty have made

Jeremiah 2:20
HEB: כָּל־ גִּבְעָ֞ה גְּבֹהָ֗ה וְתַ֙חַת֙ כָּל־
NAS: For on every high hill
KJV: I will not transgress; when upon every high hill
INT: every hill high and under every

37 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1364
37 Occurrences


gā·ḇō·ah — 10 Occ.
gā·ḇō·ha — 5 Occ.
gə·ḇō·ah — 1 Occ.
ḡə·ḇō·hāh — 7 Occ.
ḡə·ḇō·hîm — 1 Occ.
gə·ḇō·hō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
hag·gə·ḇō·hîm — 3 Occ.
hag·gə·ḇō·hō·wṯ — 3 Occ.
haš·pîl — 1 Occ.
mig·gā·ḇō·ah — 1 Occ.
ū·ḡə·ḇō·hîm — 1 Occ.
wə·ḡā·ḇō·ah — 1 Occ.
wə·hag·gə·ḇō·hāh — 1 Occ.
wə·hag·gə·ḇō·hîm — 1 Occ.















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