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.
Other KJV renderings
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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And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
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If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
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For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
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For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
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There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
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Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
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Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
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Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
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Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
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Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
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<<A Psalm of David.>> Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
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Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
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Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
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Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
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Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
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I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
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Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
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Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
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The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
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Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
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He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
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My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
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<<A Song of degrees.>> I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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