Definition

elevation, i.e. (abstractly) altitude, (specially), the sky, or (figuratively) dignity

Etymology

from a derivative of G5228 (ὑπέρ);

Where the KJV renders it

• be exalted
• height
• (on) high

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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