H1362 H1362
High, lofty, tall; figuratively haughty or proud in heart
An adjective spanning both physical height and moral arrogance. It describes tall people (Saul in 1 Sam 9:2), towering trees (Ezek 31:3), high mountains, and fortified walls. Yet its most theologically charged uses are figurative: the 'proud of heart' whom the psalmist cannot endure (Ps 101:5), and the one 'haughty in spirit' contrasted with the patient (Eccl 7:8). Proverbs 16:5 declares every proud heart an abomination to the LORD, making this adjective a key term in wisdom literature's critique of hubris.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Haughty, proud, arrogant in disposition — the figurative extension of physical height to moral self-exaltation. In Ps 101:5 the psalmist vows not to tolerate one who is 'proud of heart'; Prov 16:5 declares such a person an abomination. Eccl 7:8 contrasts the 'haughty in spirit' with patience. Spanish 'altivo' and English 'haughty/proud' converge on the same metaphorical transfer from altitude to arrogance. In Ezek 31:3 the word bridges literal and figurative: Assyria as a cedar 'lofty in stature' whose very height becomes an emblem of doomed pride. 4×
AR["الرُّوحِ", "مُتَعالي-", "مُتَكَبِّرِ-", "وَعَالِي"]·ben["অহংকারী", "আর-উঁচু", "উচ্চ", "উচ্চ-"]·DE["[גבה]", "[מגבה]", "haughty", "und-Hoehe"]·EN["and-lofty-of-", "haughty", "proud-of", "than-proud-of-"]·FR["de-מגבה", "et-hauteur", "élevé", "גבה"]·heb["גבה", "גבה־", "ו-גובה", "מ-גבה-"]·HI["ऊँची-", "और-ऊंचा", "घमंडी", "घमंडी-"]·ID["dan-tinggi", "daripada-tinggi", "tinggi"]·IT["[גבה]", "[וגבה]", "da-than-proud-of", "proud-di"]·jav["dhuwur", "lan-inggil", "tinimbang-gumunggung-"]·KO["그리고-높은", "높은", "높은-", "보다-높음-"]·PT["altivos", "e-alto-de", "orgulhoso-de-", "que-altivez-de"]·RU["высокомерного-", "и-высоким", "надменный-", "нежели-высота-"]·ES["altivo-de", "que-altivo-de", "y-alto-de"]·SW["kiburi-", "kuliko-kiburi-cha", "mwenye-kiburi", "na-mrefu"]·TR["gururlu-", "kibirinden", "ve-yükseltiği", "yüksek-"]·urd["اور-بلند", "بلند", "بلند-", "سے-تکبر"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גָּבֹהַּ adj. high, exalted—1 S 9:2 + 15 times; גָּבוֹהַּ ψ 138:6; cstr. גְּבֹהַּ 1 S 16:7; גְּבַהּ (Ew§ 213 d) ψ 101:5 + 3 times; pl. גְּבֹהִים Ec 5:7 + 5 times; f. גְּבֹהָה Dt 3:5 + 6 times; pl. גְּבֹהוֹת Dn 8:3 + 2 times; גְּבֹהֹת Dt 28:52;— 1. high, lofty, tall, e.g. Ez 17:24, tower Is 2:15 Zp 1:16, mountain Gn 7:19 ψ 104:18 Is 40:9; 57:7 Ez 17:22; 40:2; cf. phrases על כל גבעה גבהה upon…