Words the Bible translates as high
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hupsēlosὑψηλόςhigh: standing up well above whatever surrounds it, as a mountain, a wall, or the height where God is enthroned
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- lofty in standing: set above other people, whether in what human beings admire or in a person's own estimate of himself
- elyonעֶלְיוֹןthe Most High: a title for God as the supreme one, higher than every other power in heaven or on earth
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- upper, higher, or highest: set physically above something else, or raised above others in rank
- gavo'ahגָּבֹהַּhigh: rising far above the surrounding level, whether in literal height or in standing, and by extension lifted up in pride
- gavahגָּבַהּto be high: to rise up or be lifted to a great height, whether in physical elevation, in honor, or (most often) in pride
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