16 occurrences

'Lofty' in the Bible

Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.

Verse ConceptsPride, Evil OfSuperiorityHaughtinessHumble PeopleExercisemyself

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

Verse ConceptsAudacityarrogance

The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

Verse ConceptsHumilityStubbornness, Consequences OfArrogance, Punishment OfHumbling The ProudBeing Humble

and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:

Verse ConceptsHumilityArrogance, Punishment OfBeing Humblearroganceimportance

Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.

Verse ConceptsCutting Off BranchesPutting Things Down

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.

Verse ConceptsHaughtinessTransient WorldMourning Due To Catastrophe

For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationHumilityPride, Results OfHumbling The ProudDestruction Of CitiesPutting Things Down

And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill, brooks and'streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

Verse ConceptsTowersBrooks

Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Verse ConceptsSacrifice, In OtBedsSacrificing On The High PlacesInfidelity

that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.

Verse ConceptsCity Squares

Thou hast built thy lofty place at the head of every way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom.

Verse ConceptsRoadsSpreadingUsing RoadsAspects Of People Made Known

in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.

Verse ConceptsCity SquaresUsing RoadsNot Like Peoplewhores

I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy vaulted place, and break down thy lofty places; and they shall strip thee of thy clothes, and take thy fair jewels; and they shall leave thee naked and bare.

Verse ConceptsNakednessDestruction Of Satan's WorksPeople Stripping PeopleTo Be Given Into One's Handsjewelry

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain:

Verse ConceptsTendernessMessianic PropheciesMetaphorical PlantingThe Mountains Of Israel

Bible Theasaurus

Elevated (27 instances)
Eloquent (8 instances)
Eminent (11 instances)
Exalted (162 instances)
Gallant (1 instance)
Grand (3 instances)
Handsome (22 instances)
High-Minded (5 instances)
Impassioned (3 instances)
Lofty (52 instances)
Majestic (76 instances)
Noble-Minded (1 instance)
Towering (6 instances)

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Strong's
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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