Word study
Exalt
12 Hebrew and 2 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: exalted, exalt, exalts, exalting. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “exalt” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- רוּם rûmbe high, exalted, risetranslated this way 44 times of its 185 uses · Strong’s H7311Verb · Translated: exalted 23, exalt 18, lift 14, raised 10Full study and all 180 verses →
Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Deuteronomy 17:20 Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
- נָשָׂא nâsâlift, take, carrytranslated this way 14 times of its 642 uses · Strong’s H5375Verb · Translated: bear 49, lift 45, lifted 41, carried 38Full study and all 601 verses →
Numbers 16:3 They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
2 Samuel 5:12 And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
- גָּדַל gâdalgrow up, become greattranslated this way 11 times of its 115 uses · Strong’s H1431Verb · Translated: great 14, grew 10, grown 7, greater 7Full study and all 114 verses →
Joshua 3:7 Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
- שָׂגַב sâgabbetranslated this way 6 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H7682Verb · Translated: exalted 6, protect 4, high 2, lofty 2Full study and all 20 verses →
Job 36:22 Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
Psalm 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
- גָּבַהּ gâbahhbe high, exaltedtranslated this way 4 times of its 34 uses · Strong’s H1361Verb · Translated: proud 4, high 4, soar 2, haughty 2Full study and all 33 verses →
Job 36:7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Isaiah 5:16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
- עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 3 times of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb · Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42Full study and all 807 verses →
- מָרוֹם mârômheighttranslated this way 3 times of its 53 uses · Strong’s H4791Noun · Translated: high 20, heights 12, lofty 3, heaven 3Full study and all 51 verses →
Psalm 92:8 But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
- רוּם rûmrisetranslated this way 3 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H7313Verb · Translated: exalted 2, exalt 1, became arrogant 1, Instead 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
Daniel 5:19 Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
- גָּאָה gââhrise uptranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H1342Verb · Translated: highly exalted 2, grow 1, hold my head high 1, risen 1Full study and all 5 verses →
Exodus 15:1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
Exodus 15:21 And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
- זְבוּל zebûlelevation, height, lofty abodetranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s H2073Noun · Translated: exalted 2, far from their lofty abode 1, habitation 1, places 1Full study and all 5 verses →
1 Kings 8:13 I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
2 Chronicles 6:2 But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
- רָמַם râmambe exaltedtranslated this way 2 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s H7426Verb · Translated: exalted 2, Get away 1, rose upward 1, wheels ascended 1Full study and all 6 verses →
Job 24:24 They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
Psalm 118:16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
- רָבָה râbâhbe, or become, much, many, greattranslated this way 2 times of its 219 uses · Strong’s H7235Verb · Translated: multiply 39, multiplied 23, many 15, much 10Full study and all 207 verses →
2 Samuel 22:36 You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
Psalm 18:35 You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
Greek words (New Testament)
- ὑψόω hypsóōI lift up, exalttranslated this way 12 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s G5312Verb · Translated: lifted 7, exalted 6, exalts 3, exalt 3Full study and all 16 verses →
Matthew 23:12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Luke 1:52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
- μεγαλύνω megalýnōI enlarge, magnify, extoltranslated this way 2 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s G3170Verb · Translated: lengthen 1, magnifies 1, shown her great 1, regarded them highly 1Full study and all 8 verses →
Acts 10:46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,
Philippians 1:20 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.