H1365 H1365
haughtiness, pride — arrogant self-exaltation that God will bring low
This noun captures the human arrogance that sets itself against God, appearing twice in Isaiah's prophecy about the day when all human pride will be humbled. Isaiah envisions a time when 'the haughtiness of man shall be bowed down' and 'the LORD alone shall be exalted.' The word emphasizes vertical dimension—the inflated self-elevation that characterizes sinful pride. It stands as a summary term for the attitude God promises to judge, making it central to Isaiah's theology of divine sovereignty versus human pretension.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Human pride characterized by self-exaltation that God will humble. Both occurrences in Isaiah 2:11, 17 appear in parallel prophecies declaring that human haughtiness will be brought low on the day of the LORD. The consistent terminology across languages (haughtiness, altivez, hauteur, Hochmut) emphasizes the vertical imagery of pride that lifts itself up only to be cast down by divine judgment. 2×
AR["تَكَبُّرُ", "تَكَبُّرِ"]·ben["অহংকার", "অহংকারের"]·DE["Hochmut"]·EN["haughtiness-of"]·FR["hauteur"]·heb["גבהות"]·HI["घमण्ड", "घमण्ड-की"]·ID["kesombongan"]·IT["altezze"]·jav["kumalungkung"]·KO["교만함의", "교만함이"]·PT["altivez-de"]·RU["высокомерие", "высокомерия"]·ES["altivez-de", "la-altivez-de"]·SW["kiburi-cha"]·TR["kibrini", "kibrinin"]·urd["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
† גַּבְהוּת n.f. haughtiness, Is 2:11, 17.