HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1346
גַּאֲוָה
ga.a.vah — pride
1) pride, majesty, a rising up 1a) a rising up, swelling (of the sea) 1b) majesty (of Israel) 1c) pride, haughtiness
19 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Swelling
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7613
שְׂאֵת
se.et — elevation
1) elevation, exaltation, dignity, swelling, uprising 1a) dignity, exaltation, loftiness 1b) swelling 1c) uprising
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1348
גֵּאוּת
ge.ut — majesty
1) majesty 1a) a rising up (of column of smoke) 1b) a swelling (of sea) 1c) majesty (of God) 1d) pride
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1921
הָדַר
ha.dar — to honor
1) to honour, adorn, glorify, be high 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swell 1a1a) swelling (pass participle) 1a2) to honour, pay honour to, show partiality 1a3) to adorn 1a3a) adorned (pass participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be honoured 1c) (Hithpael) to honour oneself, claim honour
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1158
בָּעָה
ba.ah — to enquire
1) to seek out, swell, cause to swell, boil up, enquire 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to seek, enquire 1a2) to cause to boil up 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be searched out 1b2) to be swelling, bulging, swelling out
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5450
φυσίωσις
phusiōsis — arrogance
φυσίωσις, -εως, ἡ (φυσιόω), a puffing up, swelling with pride: pl., 2Co.12:20.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6639
צָבֶה
tsa.veh — swollen
swelling, swollen
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Of Jordan (Jer. 12:5), literally the “pride” of Jordan (as in R.V.), i.e., the luxuriant thickets of tamarisks, poplars, reeds, etc., which were the lair of lions and other beasts of prey. The reference is not to the overflowing of the river banks. (Comp. 49:19; 50:44; Zech. 11:3).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.