| Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a lofty manner or position; haughtily. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LOFTILY; LOFTINESS; LOFTY lof'-ti-li, lof'-ti-nes: The first form is only in Psalm 73:8, where it means "haughtily," as if from on high. The second is found only in Jeremiah 48:29, where the loftiness of Moab also means his haughtiness, his groundless self-conceit.
Lofty likewise means ' "haughty," "lifted up" (compare Psalm 131:1 Isaiah 2:11 Proverbs 30:13). In Isaiah 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. | Multi-Version Concordance Loftily (4 Occurrences) Job 36:22 Behold, God doeth loftily in his power: Who is a teacher like unto him? (ASV JPS) Psalms 73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. (KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV) Psalms 94:4 They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves. (See JPS) Micah 2:3 Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it 'is'. (YLT) |