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LOFTY

lof'-ti-li, lof'-ti-nes: The first form is only in Ps 73:8, where it means "haughtily," as if from on high. The second is found only in Jer 48:29, where the loftiness of Moab also means his haughtiness, his groundless self-conceit.
Lofty likewise means '"haughty," "lifted up" (compare Ps 131:1; Isa 2:11; Prov 30:13). In Isa 26:5 it refers to a self-secure and boastful city. In 57:15 it is used in a good sense of God who really is high and supreme. Isaiah uses the word more than all the other sacred writers put together.
Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'lofty'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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