7 occurrences

'Higher' in the Bible

And fifty shekels weight of gold was used for the nails. He had all the higher rooms plated with gold.

Verse Conceptsweight

And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;

Verse ConceptsFortificationsGates

Then he took the captains of hundreds and the chiefs and the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord through the higher doorway into the king's house, and put the king on the seat of the kingdom.

Verse ConceptsNoblesRulersThroneNamed Gates

He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.

Verse ConceptsWallsBuilding Jerusalem's WallGates Of The Temple

Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.

Verse ConceptsArmourShieldsTowersWeaponsArmor ProtectionBuilding Jerusalem's Wallrebuildingreinforcement

It was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.

Verse ConceptsWater Irrigation

So Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the higher part of the resting-places of the sons of David: and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his place.

Verse ConceptsTombs

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Eminent (11 instances)
Higher (87 instances)
Superior (40 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain