גָּבַהּ gâbahh

Meaning

to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty

In the King James Version: exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• 1 Samuel 10:23 So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
• 2 Chronicles 17:6 And his heart took delight in the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• 2 Chronicles 32:25 But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 33:14 After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
• Job 5:7 Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
• Job 35:5 Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
• Job 36:7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
• Job 39:27 Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
• Psalms 103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
• Psalms 113:5 Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
• Psalms 131:1 A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
• Proverbs 17:19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
• Proverbs 18:12 Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Isaiah 3:16 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
• Isaiah 5:16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
• Isaiah 7:11 “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
• Isaiah 52:13 Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
• Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
• Jeremiah 13:15 Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
• Jeremiah 49:16 The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
• Ezekiel 16:50 Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.
• Ezekiel 17:24 Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”
• Ezekiel 19:11 It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.
• Ezekiel 21:26 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.
• Ezekiel 28:2 “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
• Ezekiel 28:5 By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.
• Ezekiel 28:17 Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
• Ezekiel 31:5 Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.
• Ezekiel 31:10 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
• Ezekiel 31:14 This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
• Obadiah 1:4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
• Zephaniah 3:11 On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.