To exalt
שָׂגַבStrong’s H7682sagav (sa-gav)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sagav is the Hebrew word usually translated “exalted”, “set on high” and “high”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:”
Meaning
- To be high, be inaccessibly high(Qal) · (Niphal) · (Piel) · (Pual) to be set (securely) on high · (Hiphil) to act exaltedly
How it's translated
- exalted 3
- and he set on high 2
- high 2
- and he will be exalted 2
- it was high 1
- they are high 1
- he is exalted 1
- may it set on high you 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 7
- Isaiah 7
- Proverbs 3
- Job 2
- Deuteronomy 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 5:11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
- Job 36:22Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
- Psalms 20:1The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
- Psalms 59:1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
- Psalms 69:29But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
- Psalms 91:14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׂגַב sagav · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “exalted” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EXALT'ED, participle passive
Raised to a lofty highth; elevated; honored with office or rank; extolled; magnified; refined; dignified; sublime.
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.