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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