שָׂגַבsâgab/saw-gab'/
HebrewH768220 occurrences (KJV)
to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
KJV renders it: defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
Where it appears
- Deut 2:36From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. Yahweh our God delivered up all before us.
- Job 5:11so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
- Job 36:22Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
- Ps 20:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
- Ps 59:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
- Ps 69:29But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
- Ps 91:14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
- Ps 107:41Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.
- Ps 139:6This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
- Ps 148:13let them praise Yahweh’s name, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
- Prov 18:10Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
- Prov 18:11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
- Prov 29:25The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
- Isa 2:11The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
- Isa 2:17The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Isa 9:11Therefore Yahweh will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
- Isa 12:4In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
- Isa 26:5For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust.
- Isa 30:13therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
- Isa 33:5Yahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.