What Does “Exalt” Mean in the Bible?
To praise greatly, to lift up high.
A detail
- In the Bible: in the Magnificat, Mary sings that God has cast down the mighty and exalted the humble.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 1:52; Daniel 2:48
What the Bible says
Luke 1:52
He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.
Daniel 2:48
Then the king advanced Daniel to a high station, and gave him many and great gifts: and he made him governor over all the provinces of Babylon, and chief of the magistrates over all the wise men of Babylon.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “ensalzar”