Words the Bible translates as lofty
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hupsēlosὑψηλόςlofty in standing: set above other people, whether in what human beings admire or in a person's own estimate of himself
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- high: standing up well above whatever surrounds it, as a mountain, a wall, or the height where God is enthroned
- 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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