From H1342 (gaah, 'to be high/exalted'). Geah denotes the state of being lifted up β either in the positive sense of divine majesty and excellency, or in the negative sense of human arrogance and self-exaltation.
Scripture consistently contrasts human geah (arrogance) with divine geah (majesty). When used of God, it praises His incomparable exaltation β His glory exceeds all created greatness. When used of humans, it describes the deadly sin of self-inflation that inverts the created order. Proverbs declares that geah precedes destruction (16:18). Yet Isaiah 2 warns that the geah of men will be humbled when the LORD alone is exalted. The proud man seeks to occupy God's throne; God opposes and humbles him. This tension drives the entire biblical narrative from Eden to Babylon to the final judgment.