Quick Definition
to exalt
Strong's Definition
to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
TWOT Reference: 2234
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׂגַב (sa.gav) — to exalt. 1) to be high, be inaccessibly high 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be (too) high (for capture) 1a2) to be high (of prosperity) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be high 1b2) to be set on high, be (safely) set on high 1b3) to be exalted (of God) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to set on high, set (securely) on high 1c2) to exalt, exalt (in effective hostility) 1d) (Pual) to be set (securely) on high 1e) (Hiphil) to act exaltedly
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׂגָּב
High | verb nif ptc.pass
high = state in which an object is of great or more than average height; ≈ associated with security
Conflict | verb pi
to raise up against, to stir up against literally: to make (someone) high (against someone else); hence: = causative process by which deities cause humans to engage in a conflict with someone else
Great | verb nif, verb hif
to be exalted, to be great literally: to be high; hence: = state in which deities have an elevated status
Extraordinary | verb nif
to be exalted, to be wonderful literally: to be high; hence: = state in which a certain quality is so extraordinary that it cannot be fully appreciated by the human mind
Safe | verb qal, verb nif
to be safe, to be secure literally: to be high; hence: = state in which humans are safe from danger
Safe | verb pi, verb pu'al
to keep safe, to protect literally: to make high; hence: = causative process by which deities cause humans to be safe from danger
PSA 20:2 · PSA 59:2 · PSA 69:30 · PSA 91:14 · PSA 107:41 · PRO 29:25
Strong | verb qal
to be high > to be strong literally: to be high; hence: = state in which a town is situated at a relatively high elevation, ≈ which makes it unattainable and therefore strong
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׂגַב] vb. be (inaccessibly) high Qal of city, be (too) high for capture
be high in prosperity
Niph. be high
be (safely) set on high
be exalted
Pi. set (securely) on high
exalt
Pu. be set (securely) on high
Hiph. God acts exaltedly
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