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high

Meaning of “high”

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.

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Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
416 occurrences397 verses43 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 7:19

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Nehemiah 3:25
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 3:25 · retained source text

Palal the sonne of Uzai, ouer against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lyeth out, from the kings hie house, that was by the court of the prison: after him, Pedaiah the sonne of Parosh.

1611 marginal noteIere. 32.2.

Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 13:28 · retained source text

And one of the sonnes of Ioiada, the sonne of Eliashib the high Priest, was sonne in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therfore I chased him from me.

Esther 5:14
¶ Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 5:14 · retained source text

¶ Then saide Zeresh his wife, and all his friends vnto him, Let a gallous be made of fifty cubits hie, and to morrow speake thou vnto the king, that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then goe thou in merily with the king vnto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman, and hee caused the gallous to be made.

1611 marginal noteHeb. tree.

Esther 7:9
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
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1611 witness · Esther 7:9 · retained source text

And Harbonah one of the chamberlaines, said before the king; Behold also the gallowes, fiftie cubites high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

1611 marginal noteHeb. tree.

Job 5:11
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 5:11 · retained source text

To set vp on high those that be low; that those which mourne, may be exalted to safetie.

1611 marginal notePsa. 113.6. 1.sam. 2.7.

Job 11:8
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
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1611 witness · Job 11:8 · retained source text

It is as high as heauen, what canst thou doe? deeper then hell, what canst thou know?

1611 marginal noteHebr. the heights of heauen.

Job 16:19
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
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1611 witness · Job 16:19 · retained source text

Also now, behold my witnesse is in heauen, and my record is on high.

1611 marginal noteHebr. in the high places.

Job 22:12
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
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1611 witness · Job 22:12 · retained source text

Is not God in the height of heauen? and behold the height of the starres how high they are.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the head of the starres.

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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.

volume 1, leaf 907 (adjective entry)

An elevated place; superior region; as on high; from on high. Aloft.

volume 1, leaf 908 (noun and adverb clauses)