Exalt

King James Dictionary

EXALT', egzolt'. Low L. exalto ex and altus, high.

1. To raise high to elevate. 2. To elevate in power, wealth, rank or dignity as, to exalt one to a throne, to the chief magistracy, to a bishopric. 3. To elevate with joy or confidence as, to be exalted with success or victory. We now use elate. 4. To raise with pride to make undue pretensions to power, rank or estimation to elevate too high or above others.

He that exalteth himself shall be abased.  Luke 14 .  Matthew 23

5. To elevate in estimation and praise to magnify to praise to extol.

He is my father's God, and I will exalt him.  Exodus 15 .

6. To raise, as the voice to raise in opposition.  2 Kings 19 . 7. To elevate in diction or sentiment to make sublime as exalted strains. 8. In physics, to elevate to purify to subtilize to refine as, to exalt the juices or the qualities of bodies.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. t.) To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

(2): ( v. t.) To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate.

(3): ( v. t.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.

(4): ( v. t.) To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency.

(5): ( v. t.) To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify.

(6): ( v. t.) To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

eg - zôlt ´ (רוּם , rūm , גּבהּ , gābhah ( mappı̄ḳ hē ), נשׂא , nāsā'  ; ὑψόω , hupsóō ): The Hebrew word most often translated "exalt," "exalted," is rūm  ; "to lift up," "to be or become high." It is used with reference to both God and man, e.g.  Exodus 15:2 , "My father's God, and I will exalt him";  Psalm 99:5 ,  Psalm 99:9 , "Exalt ye Yahweh our God"; compare  Psalm 107:32;  Psalm 118:28;  1 Samuel 2:10 , "Exalt the horn of his anointed";  Job 17:4 , "Therefore shalt thou not exalt them"; compare  Isaiah 13:2 the King James Version;   Isaiah 14:13; gābhah , "to be high," figuratively "to be exalted," occurs in   Job 36:7;  Proverbs 17:19 the King James Version;   Isaiah 5:16 , etc.; nāsā' , "to lift up," occurs in  Numbers 24:7;  1 Chronicles 29:11 , etc.; other words are ṣālal , "to raise up" ( Exodus 9:17;  Proverbs 4:8 ), sāghabh ( Job 5:11;  Job 36:22 the King James Version;   Isaiah 2:11 ,  Isaiah 2:17;  Isaiah 12:4;  Isaiah 33:5 ), rāmam , "to be high" ( Job 24:24;  Psalm 118:16 ).

In the New Testament "exalt" is the translation of hupsóō , "to elevate" (not used with reference to God) ( Matthew 11:23;  Matthew 23:12;  Acts 2:33;  2 Corinthians 11:7;  1 Peter 5:6 , etc.); also (twice) of epaı́rō , "to lift up, upon or against" ( 2 Corinthians 10:5;  2 Corinthians 11:20 ), once of huperaı́rō , "to lift up above" ( 2 Thessalonians 2:4 ); in  2 Corinthians 12:7 bis , this word is translated "exalted above measure," the Revised Version (British and American) "exalted overmuch"; huperupsóō , "to lift up above" ( Philippians 2:9 ), is translated "highly exalted"; húpsos , "elevation," is translated "exalted" ( James 1:9 , the Revised Version (British and American) "high estate").

For "it increaseth" ( Job 10:16 ), the Revised Version (British and American) gives "and if my head exalt itself"; instead of "God exalteth by His, power" ( Job 36:22 ), "God doeth loftily in his power"; for "though thou exalt thyself as the eagle" ( Obadiah 1:4 ), "mount on high"; for "highly esteemed" ( Luke 16:15 ) "exalted"; for "exalteth itself" ( 2 Corinthians 10:5 ), "is exalted"; for "He shall lift you up" ( James 4:10 ), "He shall exalt you."

Self-exaltation is strongly condemned, especially by Christ; humbleness is the way to true exaltation ( Matthew 23:12;  Luke 14:11;  Luke 18:14; compare  James 4:10;  1 Peter 5:6 ); the supreme example is that of Christ Himself ( Philippians 2:5-11 ).