Genesis 7:17
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
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James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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ἐπαίρω
epaírō · ep-ahee'-ro
4 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
to raise up (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--exalt self, poise (lift, take) up.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 16:23Strong's last: John 4:35
Open full G1869 profile →ἐγείρω
egeírō · eg-i'-ro
1 times translated as this KJV form162 total Strong's occurrences
to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence)
Strong's KJV usage: :--awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up.
Strong's first: Matthew 12:11Strong's last: Matthew 12:11
Open full G1453 profile →ὑψόω
hypsóō · hoop-so'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
to elevate (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--exalt, lift up.
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Strong's first: James 4:10Strong's last: James 4:10
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rûwm · room
1 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: Isaiah 58:1Strong's last: Isaiah 58:1
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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.
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Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
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Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
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Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
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Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
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The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
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lift
LIFT, verb transitive [We retain this sense in shoplifter. Latin levo, elevo.]
1. To raise; to elevate; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift the head.
2. To raise; to elevate mentally.
To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Psalms 25:1.
3. To raise in fortune.
The eye of the Lord lifted up his head from misery.
4. To raise in estimation, dignity or rank. His fortune has lifted him into notice, or into office.
The Roman virtues lift up mortal man.
5. To elate; to cause to swell, as with pride. Up is often used after lift as a qualifying word; sometimes with effect or emphasis; very often, however, it is useless.
6. To bear; to support.
7. To steal, that is, to take and carry away. Hence we retain the use of shoplifter, although the verb in this sense is obsolete.
8. In Scripture, to crucify.
When ye have lifted up the Son of man. John 8:7.
1. To lift up the eyes, to look; to fix the eyes on.
Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld Jordan. Genesis 13:14.
2. To direct the desires to God in prayer. Psalms 121:1.
1. To lift up the head, to raise from a low condition; to exalt. Genesis 40:13.
2. To rejoice. Luke 21:28.
1. To lift up the hand, to swear, or to confirm by oath. Gen 14.
2. To raise the hands in prayer. Psa 28.
3. To rise in opposition to; to rebel; to assault.
2 Samuel 18:24.
4. To injure or oppress. Job 31:21.
5. To shake off sloth and engage in duty. Hebrews 6:12.
To lift up the face, to look to with confidence, cheerfulness and comfort. Job 22:26.
To lift up the face, to look to with confidence, cheerfulness and comfort. Job 22:26.
To lift up the heel against, to treat with insolence and contempt.
To lift up the horn, to behave arrogantly or scornfully. Psa 75.
To lift up the feet, to come speedily to one's relief.
Psa 74.
To lift up the voice, to cry aloud; to call out, either in grief or joy. Gen 21. Isaiah 24:14.
LIFT, verb intransitive
1. To try to raise; to exert the strength for the purpose of raising or bearing.
The body strained by lifting at a weight too heavy -
2. To practice theft. obsolete
LIFT, noun
1. The act of raising; a lifting; as the lift of the feet in walking or running.
The goat gives the fox a lift
2. An effort to raise; as, give us a lift [Popular use.]
3. That which is to be raised.
4. A dead lift an ineffectual effort to raise; or the thing which the strength is not sufficient to raise.
5. Any thing to be done which exceeds the strength; or a state of inability; as, to help one at a dead lift
6. A rise; a degree of elevation; as the lift of a lock in canals.
7. In Scottish, the sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
8. In seamen's language, a rope descending from the cap and mast-head to the extremity of a yard. Its use is to support the yard, keep it in equilibrio, and raise the end, when occasion requires.
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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