Definition

altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)

Etymology

from H7311 (רוּם);

Where the KJV renders it

• (far) above
• dignity
• haughty
• height
• (most
• on) high (one
• place)
• loftily
• upward

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

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.