KJV dictionary & concordance

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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21 occurrences18 verses14 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Numbers 24:7

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Jeremiah 36:10

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Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house, in the ears of all the people.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Jeremiah 36:10 · retained source text

Then read Baruch in the booke, the wordes of Ieremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the sonne of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court at the entry of the newe gate of the LORDs house, in the eares of all the people.

1611 marginal noteOr, doore.

1611 marginal noteChap. 26.10.

Ezekiel 9:2

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And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

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1611 witness · Ezekiel 9:2 · retained source text

And behold, sixe men came from the way of the higher gate, which lyeth toward the North, and euery man a slaughter weapon in his hand: and one man among them was clothed with linnen, with a writers inkehorne by his side, and they went in and stood beside the brasen altar.

1611 marginal noteHeb. which is turned.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a weapon of his breaking in pieces.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpon his loines.

Ezekiel 42:5

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Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

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1611 witness · Ezekiel 42:5 · retained source text

Now the vpper-chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher then these, then the lower, and then the middlemost of the building.

1611 marginal noteOr, did eate of these.

1611 marginal noteOr, and the building consisted of the lower and the middle-most.

Ezekiel 43:13

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¶ And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

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1611 witness · Ezekiel 43:13 · retained source text

¶ And these are the measures of the Altar after the cubites; the cubite is a cubite and an hand breadth, euen the bottom shalbe a cubite, and the breadth a cubite, and the border thereof by the edge therof round about shalbe a spanne, and this shalbe the higher place of the Altar.

1611 marginal noteHebr. bosome.

1611 marginal noteHebr. lippe.

Daniel 8:3

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Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

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1611 witness · Daniel 8:3 · retained source text

Then I lifted vp mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before the riuer, a ramme which had two hornes, and the two hornes were high: but one was higher then the other, and the higher came vp last.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the second.

Luke 14:10

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But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

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1611 witness · Luke 14:10 · retained source text

But when thou art bidden, goe and sit downe in the lowest roume, that when he that bade thee commeth, hee may say vnto thee, Friend, goe vp higher: then shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee.

1611 marginal noteProu. 25.5.

Romans 13:1

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