Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character. 2. (n.) Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. 3. (n.) That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill. 4. (n.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star. 5. (n.) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line. 6. (n.) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o/ sight; -- distinguished from direction. 7. (n.) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography.

Multi-Version Concordance Elevation (7 Occurrences) James 1:9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his elevation, (DBY) Joshua 12:23 The king of Dor, at the elevation of Dor, one; The king of the Goyim of Gilgal, one; (YLT) 1 Kings 4:11 Ben-Abinadab 'hath' all the elevation of Dor, Taphath daughter of Solomon became his wife. (YLT) 1 Kings 7:35 And in the top of the base there was a circular elevation of half a cubit round about; and on the top of the base its stays and its panels were of the same. (DBY) Psalms 48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King. (WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV) Psalms 75:6 For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- 'is' elevation. (YLT) Ezekiel 41:8 And I saw that the house had an elevation round about: the foundations of the side-chambers, a full reed, six cubits to the joint. (DBY)