So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
The 1611 reading
So shall the congregation of the people compasse thee about: for their sakes therefore returne thou on high.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 7:19
Complete exact-word concordance
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
So shall the congregation of the people compasse thee about: for their sakes therefore returne thou on high.
I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousnesse: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most high.
I will bee glad and reioyce in thee: I will sing prayse to thy name, O thou most High.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
The LORD is my rocke, and my fortresse, and my deliuerer: my God, my strength in whome I will trust, my buckler, and the horne of my saluation, and my high tower.
1611 marginal noteHeb. my rocke.
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
For thou wilt saue the afflicted people: but wilt bring downe high lookes.
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
Hee maketh my feete like hindes feete, and setteth me vpon my high places.
For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most high he shall not be moved.
For the King trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High, he shall not be moued.
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high.
There is a riuer, the streames wherof shall make glad the citie of God: the holy place of the Tabernacles of the most High.
For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King ouer all the earth.
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
Both low, and high, rich and poore together.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Extending a great distance above the surface of the earth; elevated; lofty; of great altitude. Elevated in rank, condition or office. Exalted in excellence or extent. Difficult; abstruse. Arrogant; proud; lofty. Public; powerful; triumphant. Powerful; mighty. Possessed of supreme power, dominion or excellence. Great; important; solemn; held in veneration. Full; complete. Loud.
An elevated place; superior region; as on high; from on high. Aloft.