Strong's Lexicon

H1363

H1363 — גּוֹבַהּ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgobahhnoun mascOccurrences: 17TWOT: 305b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1363
Word:גּוֹבַהּ
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1361
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:17
Transliteration:gobahh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:go'-bah
Meaning:1. elation, grandeur, arrogance
KJV Renderings:excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.

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BDB1428

גֹּ֫בַהּ noun masculine heightJob 22:12 + 9 t.; suffix גָּבְהוֺ 1Sam 17:4 + 5 t.; plural construct גָּבְהֵי Job 11:8

1. height, of buildings and trees Ezek 1:18; Ezek 19:11; Ezek 31:10; Ezek 31:14; Ezek 40:42; Ezek 41:8; 2Chr 3:4; Amos 2:9 probably also Ezek 43:13 (of altar), so ᵐ5 Ew Co for ᵑ0 גַּב (q. v.); of man 1Sam 17:4 heaven Job 11:8; Job 22:12 (גבה construct ST:6 of rock).
2. exaltation, grandeur Job 40:10.
3. haughtiness, Jer 48:29 אַף ׳ גּ Ps 10:4 לִֿבּוֺ ׳ גּ 2Chr 32:26 רוּחַ ׳ גּ Prov 16:18 .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גבה (goh’-vah)

Proverbs 16:18

KJV: Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
EHCC: an Aaughty apirit before a fall.

Jeremiah 48:29

KJV: We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
EHCC: his loftiness, and his arrogancy,

Ezekiel 1:18

KJV: As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four.and their rings: or, and their strakes
EHCC: 20 high that they were dreadful ;

Ezekiel 19:11

KJV: And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
EHCC: she appeared in her height

Ezekiel 31:10

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
EHCC: his heart is lifted up in Ais height ;

Ezekiel 40:42

KJV: And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
EHCC: and one cubit high :

Ezekiel 41:8

KJV: I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
EHCC: 1 saw also the height of the house

Amos 2:9

KJV: Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
EHCC: whose hight (lit, who Ais height) (was)
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