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גֹּבַהּ

go.vah

height

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Strong’s H1363Noun, masculine17 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

height7

the haughtiness of2

the height of2

the heights of1

dignity1

haughtiness of1

haughtiness1

the height1

In the text

1 Samuel 17:4גָּבְהוֹ
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
2 Chronicles 3:4וְהַגֹּבַהּ
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 22:12גֹּבַהּ
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Psalm 10:4כְּגֹבַהּ
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
Ezekiel 1:18וְגֹבַהּ
Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
Amos 2:9כְּגֹבַהּ
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

גֹּ֫בַהּ n.m. height

1. height, of buildings and trees

2. exaltation, grandeur

3. haughtiness

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.