רוּם
rum
to exalt
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "rum" (H7311A) conveys the idea of exalting or raising something or someone to a higher position. Its most common definition is to lift or elevate, often in a physical sense, but it can also be applied metaphorically to spiritual or emotional realms. This verb is extremely prevalent in the Hebrew Bible, appearing 189 times, which suggests a wide range of usage and application. In many cases, it refers to literal actions such as lifting burdens, building structures, or moving heavy objects. However, it also takes on a more abstract sense, like elevating one's status, pride, or reputation. Given its ubiquity, the significance of "rum" in the Hebrew Bible cannot be overstated. It suggests the importance of elevation and ascension in everyday life, spiritual growth, and communal experiences.
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Occurrences in Scripture
189 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
2 Chronicles 30:24For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
2 Chronicles 35:7Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and young goats, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls. These were of the king’s substance.
2 Chronicles 35:8His princes gave for a free will offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the rulers of God’s house, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand six hundred small livestock, and three hundred head of cattle.
2 Chronicles 35:9Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small livestock and five hundred head of cattle.
Ezra 3:12But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice. Many also shouted aloud for joy,
Ezra 8:25and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered.
Ezra 9:6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.
Ezra 9:9For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
Job 17:4For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you will not exalt them.
Job 21:22“Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?
Job 22:12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
Job 38:15From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
Job 38:34“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?
Job 39:27Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
Psalms 3:3But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
Psalms 9:13Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
Psalms 12:8The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
Psalms 13:2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
Psalms 18:27For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.
Psalms 18:46Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
Psalms 18:48He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.
Psalms 21:13Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
Psalms 27:6Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.
Psalms 30:1I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Psalms 34:3Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let’s exalt his name together.
Psalms 37:34Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
Psalms 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalms 57:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!
Psalms 57:11Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.
Psalms 61:2From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Psalms 66:7He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him.
Psalms 74:3Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
Psalms 75:4I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.
Psalms 75:5Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”
Psalms 75:6For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
Psalms 75:7But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
Psalms 75:10I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Psalms 78:69He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
Psalms 89:13You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
Psalms 89:16In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
Psalms 89:17For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
Psalms 89:19Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
Psalms 89:24But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
Psalms 89:42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
Psalms 92:10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
Psalms 99:2Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.
Psalms 99:5Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!