גֹּ֫בַהּ
go.vahheightHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine17 occurrences8 books16 verses
Definition
from H1361; elation, grandeur, arrogance
Traditional renderings: excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.
Traditional renderings: excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גֹּ֫בַהּ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
17 total
- 1 Samuel 17:4גָּבְה֕וֹ · in heightThen a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
- 2 Chronicles 3:4וְהַגֹּ֖בַהּ · highThe portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
- 2 Chronicles 32:26בְּגֹ֣בַהּ · the prideThen Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
- Job 11:8גָּבְהֵ֣י · They are higherThey are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
- Job 22:12גֹּ֣בַהּ · as highIs not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
- Job 40:10וָגֹ֑בַהּ · and splendorThen adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
- Psalm 10:4כְּגֹ֣בַהּ · In his prideIn his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
- Proverbs 16:18גֹּ֣בַהּ · and a haughtyPride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Jeremiah 48:29גָּבְה֧וֹ · [and] conceitWe have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
- Ezekiel 1:18וְגֹ֥בַהּ · were highTheir rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
- Ezekiel 19:11בְגָבְה֔וֹ · for its heightIt 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 31:10בְּגָבְהֽוֹ׃ · on account of its heightTherefore 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 31:14בְּגָבְהָ֖ם · in heightThis 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 40:42וְגֹ֖בַהּ · highThere were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.
- Ezekiel 41:8גֹּ֖בַהּ · had a raised baseI saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.
- Amos 2:9כְּגֹ֤בַהּ · his height; גָּבְה֔וֹ · was like that ofYet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.