Strong's Lexicon

H4791

H4791 — מָרוֹם

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

Hebrewmarowmnoun mascOccurrences: 54TWOT: 2133h

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4791
Word:	מָרוֹם
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H7311
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	54
Transliteration:	marowm
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-rome'
Meaning:	1. altitude 2. (concretely) an elevated place 3. (abstractly) elevation 4. (figuratively) elation 5. (adverbially) aloft
KJV Renderings:	(far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.

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מָרוֺם noun masculine^{Eccl 10:6} height (poetry); — absolute ׳ מ Mic 6:6 +; construct מְרוֺם 2Kgs 19:23 +; plural מְרוֺמִים Isa 33:16 +; construct מְרוֺמֵי Judg 5:18 suffix מְרוֺמָיו Job 25:2 —

1. height, elevation (concrete), elevated place: מְרוֺמֵי שָׂדֶה Job 5:18, בְּראֹשׁ מְרֹמִים Prov 8:2 מְרוֺם שִׁבְתּוֺ Obad 1:3 (compare Now), מְרוֺם גִּבְעָה in || Jer 49:16 הָרִים ׳ מ top of mountains 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24a, קִצּוֺ ׳ מ Isa 37:24 b; עֻזָּהּ ׳ מ Jer 51:53 (of Babylonian ); specifically of Zion, ׳ מ Jes Jer 17:12, ׳ מ צִיּוֺן Jer 31:12, יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳ בְּהַר מ Ezek 17:23 ; Ezek 20:40, ׳ יִשׂ ׳ בְּהָרֵי מ Ezek 34:14 indefinite, Hab 2:9 (in figurative), ׳ לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמ Job 5:11 בַּמְּרוֺמִים רַבִּים Esc Job 10:6 (of high office, rank; opposed to שֵׁפֶל); ישְׁבֵי מָרוֺם Isa 26:5, i.e. in (supposed) security, compare מְרוֺמִים יִשְׁכֹּן Isa 33:16 (|| מְצָדוֺת סְלָעִים); ׳ לַמּ on high (German in die H-he) Ps 75:6, so ׳ בַּמּ Job 39:18, adverb = in a high place Isa 22:16.

2. ׳ מ alone = height of heaven: אֱלֹהֵי מָרוֺם Mic 6:6; 2Sam 22:17= Ps 18:17; Isa 24:21. 21; Isa 32:15; Isa 57:15; Isa 58:4; Lam 1:13; Ps 7:8; Ps 68:19; Ps 71:19; Ps 93:4; Ps 144:7, plural Job 25:2 || שָׁמַיִם, קָדְשׁוֺ ׳ מ Ps 102:20 מְרוֺמִים Job 16:19; Ps 148:1 || מְעוֺן קָדְשׁוֺ Jer 25:30, || מָ֑עַל Job 31:2 (plural), opposed to מוֺסְדֵי אֶרֶץ Isa 24:18.; as predicate of ׳ י Ps 92:9 compare Ps 10:5 as adverb (i.e. in heaven) Isa 33:5 ׳ לַמּ towards heaven Isa 38:14; Isa 40:26; Isa 37:23 = 2Kgs 19:22 ׳ מִמּ in figure Ps 73:8 they speak (as if) from the sky, from heaven (i.e. so arrogantly).

3. ׳ מ adverb figurative, = proudly Ps 56:3 (so Gei Hup-Now and others, compare Che, but dubious), Bae in high station; Du reads מַריוֺם ( יוֺם to Ps 56:4 as dittograph?).

4. figurative of nobles (collective) מְרוֺם עַםהָֿאָרֶץ Isa 24:4.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מרום (mih-rohm’)

Judges 5:18

KJV: Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach

EHCC: in the high places of the field.

2 Samuel 22:17

KJV: He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;many: or, great

EHCC: He sent from above,

2 Kings 19:22

KJV: Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

EHCC: lifted up thine eyes on high?

Job 5:11

KJV: To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

EHCC: To set up on high those that be low ;

Job 16:19

KJV: Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.on high: Heb. in the high places

EHCC: my record (is) on high. (marg. in the high

Psalms 7:7

KJV: So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

EHCC: (8).return thou on high.

Psalms 68:18

KJV: Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.for men: Heb. in the man

EHCC: (19).Thou hast ascended on high,

Proverbs 8:2

KJV: She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

EHCC: in the top of high places,

Isaiah 22:16

KJV: What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?as…: or, O he

EHCC: heweth him out a sepuletre on igh,

Lamentations 1:13

KJV: From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

EHCC: From above hath he sent fire

Ezekiel 17:23

KJV: In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

EHCC: & 20:40. In the mountain of the height of

Micah 6:6

KJV: Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?of a…: Heb. sons of a year?

EHCC: bow myself before the high God ?

Habakkuk 2:9

KJV: Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!coveteth…: or, gaineth and evil gainpower…: Heb. palm of the hand

EHCC: that he may set his nest on high,