Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, stately manners; a stately gait. 2. (adv.) Majestically; loftily. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia STATELY stat'-li (kebhuddah, "weight," "honor," "wealth"): "And sit upon a stately (magnificent) bed" (Ezekiel 23:41).

Multi-Version Concordance Stately (11 Occurrences) Proverbs 30:29 "There are three things which are stately in their march, four which are stately in going: (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV) Song of Songs 7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. (See RSV) Isaiah 2:16 And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats. (See NIV) Isaiah 23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. (See JPS) Isaiah 33:21 But there the Lord will be with us in his glory, ... wide rivers and streams; where no boat will go with blades, and no fair ship will be sailing. (See RSV) Isaiah 53:2 For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure; (See NAS) Isaiah 63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. (See JPS) Ezekiel 17:8 It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. (See JPS) Ezekiel 17:23 in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches thereof shall they dwell. (See JPS NAS) Ezekiel 23:41 and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV) Zechariah 11:2 Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down. (WEB NIV)