Strong’s H1365 · Hebrew

גַּבְהוּת
gabhûwth
gab-hooth'

Definition

pride

Etymology

from H1361 (גָּבַהּ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • loftiness
  • lofty

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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