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Strong's H1364 גָּבֹהַּ (gaboahh)

Gaboahh means “haughty” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1364 — dis (“twice”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1364
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 32
Books 14

Strong's H1364 Quick Answer

Strong's H1364 גָּבוֹהַּ גָּבוֹהַּ (gaboahh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. gaboahh (gaw-bo'-ah) (or (fully) gabowahh {gaw-bo'-ah}) adj. 1. elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant [from H1361] It has 32 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include high, height, highest, and haughty. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
gaboahh (gaw-bo'-ah) (or (fully) gabowahh {gaw-bo'-ah}) adj. 1. elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant [from H1361]
Usage
32 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
high, height, highest, and haughty

Meaning and Definition

gaboahh (gaw-bo'-ah) (or (fully) gabowahh {gaw-bo'-ah}) adj. 1. elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant [from H1361] KJV: haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, X exceeding proudly. Root(s): H1361

Original Word
גָּבוֹהַּ גָּבוֹהַּ
Transliteration
gaboahh
Derivation
Root: גבה First root strongs: 1361
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1364. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

high

Usage: adj 1) high, exalted 1a) high, tall 1b) high (in position) 1c) proud, haughty n m 2) loftiness Also means: ga.vah (גָּבֹהַּ "high" H1362)

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How Strong's H1364 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render gaboahh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

high Genesis 7:19 26× haughty Isaiah 10:33 height 1 Samuel 16:7 highest Ecclesiastes 5:8

How Strong's H1364 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 32 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1364 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1364 in the Old Testament

32 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 7:19 KJV

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

Deuteronomy 3:5 KJV

All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

Deuteronomy 28:52 KJV

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Usage Excerpts

First 32 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1364.

Genesis 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Deuteronomy 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
Deuteronomy 28:52 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
1 Samuel 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
1 Samuel 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
1 Samuel 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1 Kings 14:23 Old Testament, KJV
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
2 Kings 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
Esther 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Esther 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
Job 41:34 Old Testament, KJV
He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
Psalms 104:18 Old Testament, KJV
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Psalms 138:6 Old Testament, KJV
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Ecclesiastes 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Isaiah 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
Isaiah 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Isaiah 10:33 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
Isaiah 30:25 Old Testament, KJV
And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
Isaiah 40:9 Old Testament, KJV
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!
Isaiah 57:7 Old Testament, KJV
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Jeremiah 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 17:2 Old Testament, KJV
Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Jeremiah 51:58 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezekiel 17:22 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
Ezekiel 17:24 Old Testament, KJV
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 green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
Ezekiel 21:26 Old Testament, KJV
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 is high.
Ezekiel 40:2 Old Testament, KJV
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
Ezekiel 41:22 Old Testament, KJV
The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
Daniel 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Zephaniah 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1364, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H1364 FAQ

What does gaboahh (גָּבֹהַּ) mean?

Gaboahh (Strong's H1364) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "haughty". gaboahh (gaw-bo'-ah) (or (fully) gabowahh {gaw-bo'-ah}) adj. 1. elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant [from H1361]

How many times is gaboahh (גָּבֹהַּ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 32 linked usages for Strong's H1364 across 14 books.

Where can I study gaboahh (גָּבֹהַּ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1364 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate gaboahh (גָּבֹהַּ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as high, height, highest, and haughty. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.