Hight
רוֹםStrong’s H7315rom
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Rom is the Hebrew word usually translated “height”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.”
Meaning
- On high, upwards
How it's translated
- height 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Habakkuk 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
רוֹם rom · hight
on high, upwards
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hight” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HIGHT, noun
hite, or hith.
- Elevation above the ground; any indefinite distance above the earth.
- The altitude of an object; the distance which any thing rises above its foot, basis or foundation; as the hight or highth of a tower or steeple.
- Elevation of a star or other celestial luminary above the horizon.
- Degree of latitude either north or south.
All definitions
- Distance of one thing above another.
- An eminence; a summit; an elevated part of any thing.
- A hill or mountain; any elevated ground; as the hights of Dorchester.
- Elevation of rank; station of dignity or office.
- Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts.
- Elevation in fame or reputation.
- Utmost degree in extent or violence; as the highth or hight of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly, of happiness, of good breeding.
- Utmost exertion.
- Advance; degree; progress towards perfection or elevation; speaking comparatively.
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.