14 occurrences

'Higher' in the Bible

He maketh water flow from his buckets, And his seed is in many waters; And higher than Agag is his king, And exalted is his kingdom.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialBucketsGod Providing WaterSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

and he hath a son, and his name is Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he -- from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.

Verse ConceptsBodyHeadsOutward AppearanceTall PeoplestructuresaulHandsome Men

And they run and bring him thence, and he stationed himself in the midst of the people, and he is higher than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.

Verse ConceptsHeadsTall People

Behold attentively the heavens -- and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseClimates, TypesThings On HighWork Ethicclouds

From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.

Verse ConceptsGod, The RockCrying To GodPeople From Far AwayThe End Of The WorldOvercoming Hard TimesDespairBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones are over them.

Verse ConceptsOppressorsAuthorityNot Helping The PoorInjusticeoppressionsurprises

and Baruch readeth in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the opening of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardSecretaryNamed GatesReading The Scriptures

Therefore higher hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs, and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth,

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThings On High

And a broad place and a turning place still upwards are to the side-chambers, for the turning round of the house is still upwards all round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house is upwards, and so the lower one goeth up unto the higher by the midst.

Verse ConceptsStairwaysDecksstructure

and higher than they three presidents, of whom Daniel is first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.

Verse ConceptsPromotionAccountabilityThree Men

And I lift up mine eyes, and look, and lo, a certain ram is standing before the stream, and it hath two horns, and the two horns are high; and the one is higher than the other, and the high one is coming up last.

Verse ConceptsRamsLong ThingsHorns In AllegoryTwo Of Body Parts

'But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

Verse ConceptsPresumptionSeatsMoving UpwardsReclining To EatBe Humble!Guest RoomsBeing HumbleMoving OnMoving To A New PlaceWaiting Till Marriageovereating

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גב 
Gab 
Usage: 13

גּבהּ 
Gabahh 
exalt , ... up , haughty , higher , high , above , height , proud , upward
Usage: 34

גּבוהּ גּבהּ 
Gaboahh 
Usage: 37

עליון 
'elyown 
Usage: 53

צחיח 
Ts@chiyach 
Usage: 5

רוּם 
Ruwm 
up , exalt , high , offer , give , heave , extol , lofty , take , tall , higher ,
Usage: 189

ἀνώτερος 
Anoteros 
Usage: 1

ὑπερέχω 
Huperecho 
Usage: 5

ὑψηλός 
Hupselos 
Usage: 10