the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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High
King James Dictionary
or HIGH, a. hi.
1. Extending a great distance above the surface of the earth elevated lofty of great altitude as a high mountain a high tower.
2. Rising, or having risen, or being far above the earth elevated lofty as a high flight the clouds are high in the atmosphere.
3. Elevated above the horizon as, how high is the sun? It is an hour high.
4. Raised above any object.
High o'er their heads a moldering rock is placed.
5. Exalted in nature or dignity.
The highest faculty of the soul.
6. Elevated in rank, condition or office. We speak of high and low of a high office high rank high station a high court.
7. Possessing or governed by honorable pride noble exalted magnanimous dignified as a man of a high mind.
8. Exalted in excellence or extent.
Solomon lived at ease, nor aimed beyond
Higher design than to enjoy his state.
9. Difficult abstruse.
They meet to hear, and answer such high things.
10. Boastful ostentatious.
His forces, after all the high discourses, amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
11. Arrogant proud lofty loud.
The governor made himself merry with his high and threatening language.
12. Loud boisterous threatening or angry. The parties had very high words.
13. Violent severe oppressive.
When there appeareth on either side a high hand, violent persecution. &c.
14. Public powerful triumphant glorious or under divine protection.
The children of Israel went out of Egypt with a high hand. Exodus 14
15. Noble illustrious honorable as a man of high birth.
16. Expressive of pride and haughtiness as high looks. Isaiah 10
17. Powerful mighty.
Strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand. Psalms 89
18. Possessed of supreme power, dominion or excellence.
Thou, Lord, art high above all the earth. Psalms 97
19. Great important solemn held in veneration.
For that sabbath-day was a high day. John 19 .
20. Violent rushing with velocity tempestuous as a high wind.
21. Tumultuous turbulent inflamed violent as high passions.
22. Full complete. It is high time to retire.
It is high time to awake from sleep. Romans 13
23. Raised accompanied by, or proceeding from great excitement of the feelings as high pleasure of body or mind.
24. Rich luxurious well seasoned as high fare high living high sauces.
25. Strong vivid deep as a high color.
26. Dear of a great price, or greater price than usual as, to purchase at a high rate goods are high.
27. Remote from the equator north or south as a high latitude.
28. Remote in past time early in former time as high antiquity.
29. Extreme intense as a high heat.
30. Loud as a high sound. but more generally,
31. In music, acute sharp as a high note a high voice opposed to low or grave.
32. Much raised as high relief alto relievo.
33. Far advanced in art or science as high attainments.
34. Great capital committed against the king, sovereign or state as high treason, distinguished from petty treason, which is committed against a master or other superior.
35. Great exalted as a high opinion of one's integrity.
High church and low church, in Great Britain, a distinction introduced after the revolution. The high church were supposed to favor the papists, or at least to support the high claims to prerogative, which were maintained by the Stuarts. The low church entertained more moderate notions, manifested great enmity to popery, and were inclined to circumscribe the royal prerogatives. This distinction is now less marked, but not wholly obliterated.
High day, high noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
High Dutch, is the German language, as distinguished from Low Dutch or Belgic, or the cultivated German, as opposed to the vulgar dialects.
HIGH, n. An elevated place superior region as on high from on high.
On high, aloud.
1. Aloft.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'High'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/h/high.html.
