Strong's Hebrew · H1363
גֹּבַהּ
gôbahh · go'-bah
excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.
Definition
elation, grandeur, arrogance
Derivation
from H1361 (גָּבַהּ);
Appears 17 times in Scripture
“Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.”
“Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,”
“In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.”
“They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?”
“The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.”
“Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!”
“We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.”
“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,”
“Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.”
“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).