Definition

to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• defend
• exalt
• be excellent
• (be
• set on) high
• lofty
• be safe
• set up (on high)
• be too strong

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.