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Haughtiness

גַּבְהוּתStrong’s H1365

gavhut (gav-hut)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gavhut is the Hebrew word usually translated “haughtiness of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.”
Isaiah 2:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. Haughtiness
How it's translated
  • haughtiness of 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

גַּבְהוּת gavhut · haughtiness

haughtiness

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “haughtiness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HAUGHTINESS, noun

hau'tiness. The quality of being haughty; pride mingled with some degree of contempt for others; arrogance.

  1. “I will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible” Isaiah 13:11

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.