24 occurrences

'Heights' in the Bible

“For a fire went forth from Heshbon,A flame from the town of Sihon;It devoured Ar of Moab,The dominant heights of the Arnon.

and to the kings who were of the north in the hill country, and in the Arabah—south of Chinneroth and in the lowland and on the heights of Dor on the west—

the king of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;

‘Through your messengers you have reproached the Lord,And you have said, “With my many chariotsI came up to the heights of the mountains,To the remotest parts of Lebanon;And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses.And I entered its farthest lodging place, its thickest forest.

“Dominion and awe belong to HimWho establishes peace in His heights.

And He built His sanctuary like the heights,Like the earth which He has founded forever.

Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord from the heavens;Praise Him in the heights!

On top of the heights beside the way,Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

She has sent out her maidens, she callsFrom the tops of the heights of the city:

He will dwell on the heights,His refuge will be the impregnable rock;His bread will be given him,His water will be sure.

“Through your servants you have reproached the Lord,And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains,To the remotest parts of Lebanon;And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses.And I will go to its highest peak, its thickest forest.

“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;I moan like a dove;My eyes look wistfully to the heights;O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

“I will open rivers on the bare heightsAnd springs in the midst of the valleys;I will make the wilderness a pool of waterAnd the dry land fountains of water.

Saying to those who are bound, ‘Go forth,’To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’Along the roads they will feed,And their pasture will be on all bare heights.

Then you will take delight in the Lord,And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

“Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see;Where have you not been violated?By the roads you have sat for themLike an Arab in the desert,And you have polluted a landWith your harlotry and with your wickedness.

A voice is heard on the bare heights,The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel;Because they have perverted their way,They have forgotten the Lord their God.

In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people—not to winnow and not to cleanse,

‘Cut off your hair and cast it away,And take up a lamentation on the bare heights;For the Lord has rejected and forsakenThe generation of His wrath.’

“On all the bare heights in the wildernessDestroyers have come,For a sword of the Lord is devouringFrom one end of the land even to the other;There is no peace for anyone.

“The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;They pant for air like jackals,Their eyes failFor there is no vegetation.

I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

Thus says the Lord God, “Because the enemy has spoken against you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The everlasting heights have become our possession,’

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּמה 
Bamah 
Usage: 103

גּבהּ 
Gabahh 
exalt , ... up , haughty , higher , high , above , height , proud , upward
Usage: 34

גּבהּ 
Gobahh 
Usage: 17

גּבוהּ גּבהּ 
Gaboahh 
Usage: 37

מרום 
Marowm 
Usage: 54

קומה 
Qowmah 
Usage: 45

רם רוּם 
Ruwm 
Usage: 7

רוּם 
Ruwm (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

ὕψος 
Hupsos 
on high , height , high , be exalted
Usage: 5

ὕψωμα 
Hupsoma 
Usage: 2

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