Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
height
Usage: 1) height 1a) height, elevation, elevated place 1a1) in a high place (adv) 1b) height 1c) proudly (adv) 1d) of nobles (fig.)
Marom means “altitude” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4791 — synkoinonos (“companion”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4791 מָרוֹם (marowm) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. marowm (maw-rome') n-m. 1. altitude 2. (concretely) an elevated place It has 52 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include place. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
marowm (maw-rome') n-m. 1. altitude 2. (concretely) an elevated place 3. (abstractly) elevation 4. (figuratively) elation 5. (adverbially) aloft [from H7311] KJV: (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward. Root(s): H7311
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height
Usage: 1) height 1a) height, elevation, elevated place 1a1) in a high place (adv) 1b) height 1c) proudly (adv) 1d) of nobles (fig.)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render marowm, 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.
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52 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
First 52 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4791.
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
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.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
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.
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
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.
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
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Marom (Strong's H4791) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "altitude". marowm (maw-rome') n-m. 1. altitude 2. (concretely) an elevated place
This page currently indexes 52 linked usages for Strong's H4791 across 14 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4791 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as place. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.