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Ezekiel 28:17
“Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H1361 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
- Grammar
- גָּבַ֤הּ — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 34 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 10:232 Chronicles 17:62 Chronicles 26:162 Chronicles 32:252 Chronicles 33:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גָּבַהּ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.