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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.

Definition sources

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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Psalms 21:7
For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most high he shall not be moved.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 21:7 · retained source text

For the King trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High, he shall not be moued.

Psalms 46:4
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 46:4 · retained source text

There is a riuer, the streames wherof shall make glad the citie of God: the holy place of the Tabernacles of the most High.

Psalms 47:2
For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 47:2 · retained source text

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King ouer all the earth.

Psalms 56:2
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most high.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 56:2 · retained source text

Mine enemies would dayly swallow me vp: for they bee many that fight against me, O thou most high.

1611 marginal noteHebr. mine obseruers.

Psalms 57:2
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 57:2 · retained source text

I will crie vnto God most high: vnto God that perfourmeth all things for mee.

Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 62:9 · retained source text

Surely men of low degree are vanitie, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the ballance, they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

1611 marginal noteOr, alike.

Psalms 68:15
The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 68:15 · retained source text

The hil of God is as the hill of Bashan, an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

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Historical definitions

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)