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higher

Meaning of “higher”

Comparative form of high: more elevated or greater in height, rank, degree, or importance.. Sense 1: Raised or far above; great in height, rank, degree, or importance. Sense 2: As an adverb, greatly or aloft.

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First occurrence: Numbers 24:7

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Numbers 24:7
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 24:7 · retained source text

He shall powre the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his King shall be higher then Agag, and his Kingdome shall be exalted.

1 Samuel 9:2
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 9:2 · retained source text

And he had a sonne, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person then hee: from his shoulders and vpward, hee was higher then any of the people.

1 Samuel 10:23
And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 10:23 · retained source text

And they ranne, and fetched him thence, and when he stood among the people, he was higher then any of the people, from the shoulders & vpward.

2 Kings 15:35
¶ Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the Lord.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 15:35 · retained source text

¶ Howbeit, the high places were not remoued: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still in the high places: He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

Nehemiah 4:13
¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 4:13 · retained source text

¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I euen set the people, after their families, with their swords, their speares, and their bowes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from the lower parts of the place, &c.

Job 35:5
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
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1611 witness · Job 35:5 · retained source text

Looke vnto the heauens and see, and behold the clouds which are higher then thou.

Psalms 61:2
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
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1611 witness · Psalms 61:2 · retained source text

From the end of the earth wil I cry vnto thee, when my heart is ouerwhelmed: leade me to the rocke, that is higher then I.

Psalms 89:27
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
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1611 witness · Psalms 89:27 · retained source text

Also I will make him my first borne: higher then the kings of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 5:8
¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:8 · retained source text

¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poore, and violent peruerting of iudgement, and iustice in a prouince, maruell not at the matter: for he that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.

1611 marginal noteHeb. at the will or purpose.

Isaiah 55:9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 55:9 · retained source text

For as the heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughts then your thouhts.

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