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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<<A Song of degrees.>> Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
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Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
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For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
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And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
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Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
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Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
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And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
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Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
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Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
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They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
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Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
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It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
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O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
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O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
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Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
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He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
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Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
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Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
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Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
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Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
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Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
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Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
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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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