Strong’s H1364 · Hebrew
גָּבֹהַּ
gâbôahh
gaw-bo'-ah
Definition
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
Etymology
or גָּבוֹהַּ; (fully) from H1361 (גָּבַהּ);
Where the KJV renders it
- haughty
- height
- high(-er)
- lofty
- proud
- exceeding proudly
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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