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lof´ti-li, lof´ti-nes: The first form is only in , where it means “haughtily,†as if from on high. The second is found only in , where the loftiness of Moab also means his haughtiness, his groundless self-conceit.
Lofty likewise means '“haughty,†“lifted up†(compare ; ; ). In it refers to a self-secure and boastful city. In 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.