- Original: שׂגב - Transliteration: Sagab - Phonetic: saw-gab' - Definition: 1. to be high, be inaccessibly high a. (Qal) 1. to be (too) high (for capture) 2. to be high (of prosperity) b. (Niphal) 1. to be high 2. to be set on high, be (safely) set on high 3. to be exalted (of God) c. (Piel) 1. to set on high, set (securely) on high 2. to exalt, exalt (in effective hostility) d. (Pual) to be set (securely) on high e. (Hiphil) to act exaltedly - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2234 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to be (causatively make) lofty especially inaccessible; by implication safe strong; used literally and figuratively: - defend exalt be excellent (be set on) high lofty be safe set up (on high) be too strong. Total KJV Occurrences: 20 • defend, 2 Psalm 20:1; Psalm 59:1 • exalted, 5 Job 5:11; Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17; Isaiah 12:4; Isaiah 33:5 • exalteth, 1 Job 36:22 • excellent, 1 Psalm 148:13 • high, 6 Psalm 69:29; Psalm 91:14; Psalm 107:41; Psalm 139:6; Proverbs 18:11; Isaiah 30:13 • lofty, 1 Isaiah 26:5 • safe, 2 Proverbs 18:10; Proverbs 29:25 • strong, 1 Deuteronomy 2:36 • up, 1 Isaiah 9:11