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

Job 40:10

Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.

1 Samuel 17:4

Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

Psalms 10:4

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Job 11:8

They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

2 Chronicles 3:4

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.

Job 22:12

Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

Jeremiah 48:29

We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.

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,

2 Chronicles 32:26

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.

Proverbs 16:18

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).

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