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2.
$
(
>
, 5313), “high thing,” 2 Cor. 10:5; in Rom. 8:39, “height.” See
HEIGHT
, No 2.¶
C. Adverb.
(
/
, 507), “above, upward,” is used in Phil. 3:14, of the “high calling of God in
Christ Jesus,” the prize of which is set before believers as their goal, lit., “calling
upward” (
RV
, marg.), a preferable rendering to “heavenly calling.” See
ABOVE
.
HIGHER
A. Adverb.
1.
(
0 $
, 511**), the neuter of
, “higher,” the comparative of
(see C, under HIGH), is used as an adverb of place in Luke 14:10; for the meaning
“above,” in Heb. 10:8, see
ABOVE
.¶
B. Verb.
$
(
% $!
, 5242), lit., “to hold over anything,” as being superior, is used
metaphorically in Rom. 13:1, of rulers, as the “higher” powers; cf. 1 Pet. 2:13,
“supreme.” See
BETTER
,
EXCELLENCY
,
PASS
,
SUPREME
.
HIGHEST
$
(
>
, 5310) is used in the plural in the phrase “in the highest,” i.e., in
the “highest” regions, the abode of God, Matt. 21:9; Mark 11:10; Luke omits the article,
Luke 2:14; 19:38; for its use as a title of God, see
HIGH
, A, No. 2.
For
HIGHLY
see
DISPLEASE
,
EXALT
,
EXCEEDING
,
FAVOR
,
THINK
HIGH-MINDED
1.
$
(
, 5187) properly means “to wrap in smoke” (from
$
, “smoke”;
metaphorically, for “conceit”); it is used in the passive voice, metaphorically in 1 Tim.
3:6, “puffed up,”
RV
(
KJV
, “lifted up with pride”); so 6:4,
KJV
, “proud,” and 2 Tim. 3:4,
KJV
, “highminded.” See
PROUD
,
PUFF
(
UP
).¶ Cf.
$
, “to smoke,” Matt. 12:20,¶ and
$
, “tempestuous” (with
, “wind,” understood), Acts 27:14.¶
2.
$
(
%
$
!
, 5309), “to be highminded,” is used in 1 Tim.
6:17.¶
HIGHWAY, HIGHWAYSIDE
(
3
, 3598), “a way, path, road,” is rendered “highways” in Matt. 22:10; Luke
14:23; in Mark 10:46,
RV
, “way side,”
KJV
, “highway side”; in Matt. 22:9, the word is
used with
@
(“ways out through”), and the phrase is rightly rendered in the
RV
,
“the partings of the highways” (i.e., the crossroads),
KJV
, “the highways.” See
WAY
.
HILL
** Differing gender, number, or verb forms (for instance, infinitive or participle) of other
words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a double asterisk (for instance,
, from
, is 3798**).