15 occurrences

'Lofty' in the Bible

“I have surely built You a lofty house,A place for Your dwelling forever.”

“I have built You a lofty house,And a place for Your dwelling forever.”

There is a kind—oh how lofty are his eyes!And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoningAgainst everyone who is proud and loftyAnd against everyone who is lifted up,That he may be abased.

And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up,Against all the oaks of Bashan,

Against all the lofty mountains,Against all the hills that are lifted up,

Behold, the Lord, the God of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash;Those also who are tall in stature will be cut downAnd those who are lofty will be abased.

On every lofty mountain and on every high hill there will be streams running with water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

“Upon a high and lofty mountainYou have made your bed.You also went up there to offer sacrifice.

Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,“Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed;Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured;The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and shattered.

“Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens,And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold,From Me destroyers will come to her,” declares the Lord.

As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes round about.

Thus says the Lord God, “I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּבוהּ גּבהּ 
Gaboahh 
Usage: 37

גּבהוּת 
Gabhuwth 
Usage: 2

רוּם 
Ruwm 
up , exalt , high , offer , give , heave , extol , lofty , take , tall , higher ,
Usage: 189

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