Genesis 7:19
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
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Revelation 21:12
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn · el-yone'
36 times translated as this KJV form53 total Strong's occurrences
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Strong's KJV usage: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
Strong's first: Genesis 14:18Strong's last: Lamentations 3:38
Open full H5945 profile →מָרוֹם
mârôwm · maw-rome'
29 times translated as this KJV form54 total Strong's occurrences
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
Strong's KJV usage: (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 19:22Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:9
Open full H4791 profile →רוּם
rûwm · room
25 times translated as this KJV form191 total Strong's occurrences
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (× a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Strong's first: Exodus 14:8Strong's last: Ezekiel 34:6
Open full H7311 profile →גָּבֹהַּ
gâbôahh · gaw-bo'-ah
24 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
Strong's KJV usage: haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, × exceeding proudly.
Strong's first: Genesis 7:19Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:16
Open full H1364 profile →גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl · gaw-dole'
22 times translated as this KJV form525 total Strong's occurrences
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
Strong's KJV usage: aloud, elder(-est), exceeding(-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, × sore, (×) very.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 29:7Strong's last: Zechariah 6:11
Open full H1419 profile →עִלַּי
ʻillay · il-lah'-ee
10 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
supreme (i.e. God)
Strong's KJV usage: (most) high.
Strong's first: Daniel 3:26Strong's last: Daniel 7:25
Open full H5943 profile →ὑψηλός
hypsēlós · hoop-say-los'
8 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
lofty (in place or character)
Strong's KJV usage: :--high(-er, -ly) (esteemed).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 4:8Strong's last: Revelation 21:12
Open full G5308 profile →מַעַל
maʻal · mah'al
6 times translated as this KJV form136 total Strong's occurrences
properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 25:20Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 20:19
Open full H4605 profile →שָׂגַב
sâgab · saw-gab'
6 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 69:29Strong's last: Isaiah 30:13
Open full H7682 profile →ὕψιστος
hýpsistos · hoop'-sis-tos
5 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
highest, i.e. (masculine singular) the Supreme (God), or (neuter plural) the heavens
Strong's KJV usage: :--most high, highest.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 5:7Strong's last: Hebrews 7:1
Open full G5310 profile →קוֹמָה
qôwmâh · ko-maw'
5 times translated as this KJV form45 total Strong's occurrences
height
Strong's KJV usage: × along, height, high, stature, tall.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 6:10Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 6:13
Open full H6967 profile →עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn · el-yone'
4 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
the Supreme
Strong's KJV usage: Most high.
Strong's first: Daniel 7:18Strong's last: Daniel 7:27
Open full H5946 profile →ὕψος
hýpsos · hoop'-sos
3 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
elevation, i.e. (abstractly) altitude, (specially), the sky, or (figuratively) dignity
Strong's KJV usage: :--be exalted, height, (on) high.
Strong's first: Luke 1:78Strong's last: Ephesians 4:8
Open full G5311 profile →גָּבַהּ
gâbahh · gaw-bah'
3 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty
Strong's KJV usage: exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
Strong's first: Psalms 113:5Strong's last: Jeremiah 49:16
Open full H1361 profile →גֹּבַהּ
gôbahh · go'-bah
3 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
elation, grandeur, arrogance
Strong's KJV usage: excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 11:8Strong's last: Ezekiel 40:42
Open full H1363 profile →עַל
ʻal · al
3 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
properly, the top; specifically, the Highest (i.e. God); also (adverb) aloft, to Jehovah
Strong's KJV usage: above, high, most High.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 23:1Strong's last: Hosea 11:7
Open full H5920 profile →רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh · roshe
3 times translated as this KJV form598 total Strong's occurrences
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Strong's KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 21:9Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 24:11
Open full H7218 profile →μέγας
mégas · meg'-as
2 times translated as this KJV form210 total Strong's occurrences
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 19:31Strong's last: Hebrews 10:21
Open full G3173 profile →גָּבָהּ
gâbâhh · gaw-bawh'
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
lofty (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: high, proud.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 101:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 31:3
Open full H1362 profile →גַּבְנֹן
gabnôn · gab-nohn'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a hump or peak of hills
Strong's KJV usage: high.
Strong's first: Psalms 68:15Strong's last: Psalms 68:16
Open full H1386 profile →נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ · naw-saw'
2 times translated as this KJV form647 total Strong's occurrences
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Strong's KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ( man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.
Strong's first: Isaiah 30:25Strong's last: Isaiah 57:7
Open full H5375 profile →רוּם
rûwm · room
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
(literally) elevation or (figuratively) elation
Strong's KJV usage: haughtiness, height, × high.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 21:4Strong's last: Isaiah 10:12
Open full H7312 profile →ἄνω
ánō · an'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
upward or on the top
Strong's KJV usage: :--above, brim, high, up.
Strong's first: Philippians 3:14Strong's last: Philippians 3:14
Open full G507 profile →ἀρχιερεύς
archiereús · ar-khee-er-yuce'
1 times translated as this KJV form125 total Strong's occurrences
the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest
Strong's KJV usage: :--chief (high) priest, chief of the priests.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 2:26Strong's last: Mark 2:26
Open full G749 profile →ἐπουράνιος
epouránios · ep-oo-ran'-ee-os
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
above the sky
Strong's KJV usage: :--celestial, (in) heaven(-ly), high.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ephesians 6:12Strong's last: Ephesians 6:12
Open full G2032 profile →אֹרֶךְ
ʼôrek · o'rek
1 times translated as this KJV form95 total Strong's occurrences
length
Strong's KJV usage: forever, length, long.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 3:15Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 3:15
Open full H753 profile →בֵּן
bên · bane
1 times translated as this KJV form4,878 total Strong's occurrences
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 49:2Strong's last: Psalms 49:2
Open full H1121 profile →פָּלָא
pâlâʼ · paw-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form73 total Strong's occurrences
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 131:1Strong's last: Psalms 131:1
Open full H6381 profile →רוֹם
rôwm · rome
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
elevation, i.e. (adverbially) aloft
Strong's KJV usage: on high.
Strong's first: Habakkuk 3:10Strong's last: Habakkuk 3:10
Open full H7315 profile →רוֹמְמָה
rôwmᵉmâh · ro-mem-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
exaltation, i.e. praise
Strong's KJV usage: high.
Strong's first: Psalms 149:6Strong's last: Psalms 149:6
Open full H7319 profile →שָׁפָה
shâphâh · shaw-faw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to abrade, i.e. bare
Strong's KJV usage: high, stick out.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 13:2Strong's last: Isaiah 13:2
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H1364
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
no direct Strong's tag
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
H1364
The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
no direct Strong's tag
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
no direct Strong's tag
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
no direct Strong's tag
Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
no direct Strong's tag
And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
no direct Strong's tag
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
no direct Strong's tag
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
H1364
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
no direct Strong's tag
O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
H4791
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
no direct Strong's tag
They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
H5945
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
H4791
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
no direct Strong's tag
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
no direct Strong's tag
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
no direct Strong's tag
And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
no direct Strong's tag
Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
H1361
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 of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
H1364
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
English meaning and historical usage.
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high
HIGH, adjective hi.
1. Extending a great distance above the surface of the earth; elevated; lofty; of great altitude; as a high mountain; a high tower.
2. Rising, or having risen, or being far above the earth; elevated; lofty; as a high flight; the clouds are high in the atmosphere.
3. Elevated above the horizon; as, how high is the sun? It is an hour high
4. Raised above any object.
HIGH o'er their heads a moldering rock is placed.
5. Exalted in nature or dignity.
The highest faculty of the soul.
6. Elevated in rank, condition or office. We speak of high and low; of a high office; high rank; high station; a high court.
7. Possessing or governed by honorable pride; noble; exalted; magnanimous; dignified; as a man of a high mind.
8. Exalted in excellence or extent.
Solomon lived at ease, nor aimed beyond
HIGHer design than to enjoy his state.
9. Difficult; abstruse.
They meet to hear, and answer such high things.
10. Boastful; ostentatious.
His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
11. Arrogant; proud; lofty; loud.
The governor made himself merry with his high and threatening language.
12. Loud; boisterous; threatening or angry. The parties had very high words.
13. Violent; severe; oppressive.
When there appeareth on either side a high hand, violent persecution. etc.
14. Public; powerful; triumphant; glorious; or under divine protection.
The children of Israel went out of Egypt with a high hand. Exodus 14:8.
15. Noble; illustrious; honorable; as a man of high birth.
16. Expressive of pride and haughtiness; as high looks. Isaiah 10:12.
17. Powerful; mighty.
Strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand. Psalms 89:13.
18. Possessed of supreme power, dominion or excellence.
Thou, Lord, art high above all the earth. Psalms 97:9.
19. Great; important; solemn; held in veneration.
For that sabbath-day was a high day. John 19:31.
20. Violent; rushing with velocity; tempestuous; as a high wind.
21. Tumultuous; turbulent; inflamed; violent; as high passions.
22. Full; complete. It is high time to retire.
It is high time to awake from sleep. Romans 13:11.
23. Raised; accompanied by, or proceeding from great excitement of the feelings; as high pleasure of body or mind.
24. Rich; luxurious; well seasoned; as high fare; high living; high sauces.
25. Strong; vivid; deep; as a high color.
26. Dear; of a great price, or greater price than usual; as, to purchase at a high rate; goods are high
27. Remote from the equator north or south; as a high latitude.
28. Remote in past time; early in former time; as high antiquity.
29. Extreme; intense; as a high heat.
30. Loud; as a high sound. but more generally,
31. In music, acute; sharp; as a high note; a high voice; opposed to low or grave.
32. Much raised; as high relief [alto relievo.]
33. Far advanced in art or science; as high attainments.
34. Great; capital; committed against the king, sovereign or state; as high treason, distinguished from petty treason, which is committed against a master or other superior.
35. Great; exalted; as a high opinion of one's integrity.
HIGH church and low church, in Great Britain, a distinction introduced after the revolution. The high church were supposed to favor the papists, or at least to support the high claims to prerogative, which were maintained by the Stuarts. The low church entertained more moderate notions, manifested great enmity to popery, and were inclined to circumscribe the royal prerogatives. This distinction is now less marked, but not wholly obliterated.
HIGH day, high noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
HIGH Dutch, is the German language, as distinguished from Low Dutch or Belgic, or the cultivated German, as opposed to the vulgar dialects.
HIGH, noun An elevated place; superior region; as on high; from on high
On high aloud.
1. Aloft.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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