# גָּבַהּ (gavah) Israeli respelling: ga-vah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H1361. 33 Old Testament occurrences. to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty King James renderings: exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/gavah-h1361 ## Occurrences - [1 Samuel 10:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/10/23) — And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. - [2 Chronicles 17:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/17/6) — And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. - [2 Chronicles 26:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/26/16) — But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple… - [2 Chronicles 32:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/25) — But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, an… - [2 Chronicles 33:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/33/14) — Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gat… - [Job 5:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/7) — Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. - [Job 35:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/35/5) — Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. - [Job 36:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/36/7) — He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are e… - [Job 39:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/27) — Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? - [Psalms 103:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/103/11) — For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. - [Psalms 113:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/113/5) — Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, - [Psalms 131:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/131/1) — Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. - [Proverbs 17:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/17/19) — He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. - [Proverbs 18:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/18/12) — Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. - [Isaiah 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/3/16) — Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincin… - [Isaiah 5:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/16) — But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. - [Isaiah 7:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/7/11) — Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. - [Isaiah 52:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/52/13) — Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. - [Isaiah 55:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/55/9) — For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. - [Jeremiah 13:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/13/15) — Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. - [Jeremiah 49:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/16) — Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height… - [Ezekiel 16:50](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/50) — And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. - [Ezekiel 17:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/17/24) — And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the gre… - [Ezekiel 19:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/19/11) — And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in… - [Ezekiel 21:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/26) — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that i… - [Ezekiel 28:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/28/2) — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit… - [Ezekiel 28:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/28/5) — By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: - [Ezekiel 28:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Ezekiel 31:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/31/5) — Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of… - [Ezekiel 31:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/31/10) — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and h… - [Ezekiel 31:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/31/14) — To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, n… - [Obadiah 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/obadiah/1/4) — Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. - [Zephaniah 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/3/11) — In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the m…