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Lexicon :: Strong's G5244 - hyperēphanos

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ὑπερήφανος
Transliteration
hyperēphanos (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-er-ay'-fan-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:525,1231

Trench's Synonyms: xxix. ἀλαζών, ὑπερήφανος, ὑβριστής.

Strong’s Definitions

ὑπερήφανος hupĕrēphanŏs, hoop-er-ay'-fan-os; from G5228 and G5316; appearing above others (conspicuous), i.e. (figuratively) haughty:—proud.
ύπερλίαν hupĕrlian. See G5228 and G3029.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G5244 in the following manner: proud (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G5244 in the following manner: proud (5x).

  1. showing one's self above others, overtopping, conspicuous above others, pre-eminent

  2. with an overweening estimate of one's means or merits, despising others or even treating them with contempt, haughty

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑπερήφανος hupĕrēphanŏs, hoop-er-ay'-fan-os; from G5228 and G5316; appearing above others (conspicuous), i.e. (figuratively) haughty:—proud.
ύπερλίαν hupĕrlian. See G5228 and G3029.
STRONGS G5244:
ὑπερήφανος, ὑπερηφάνου (from ὑπέρ and φαίνομαι, with the connective (or the epic extension (cf. Curtius, § 392)), ἡ; cf. ὑπερηφερης, δυσηλεγής, τανηλεγης εὐηγενής), from Hesiod down;
1. showing oneself above others, overtopping, conspicuous above others, pre-eminent (Plato, Plutarch, others).
2. especially in a bad sense, "with an overweening estimate of one's means or merits, despising others or even treating them with contempt, haughty" (cf. Westcott, Epistles of St. John, p. 64{b}): Romans 1:30; 2 Timothy 3:2; opposed to ταπεινοί, James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5 (in these two passages after Proverbs 3:34); with διάνοια καρδίας added, Luke 1:51. (The Sept. for זֵד, רָם, גֵּאֶה, etc.; often in the O. T. Apocrypha.) (See Trench, Synonyms, § xxix.; Schmidt, chapter 176, 8.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
3:34
Luke
1:51
Romans
1:30
2 Timothy
3:2
James
4:6
1 Peter
5:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5244 matches the Greek ὑπερήφανος (hyperēphanos),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 - From the wicked their light is withheld,
And the upraised arm is broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:12 - Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:27 - For You will save the humble people,
But will bring down haughty looks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:10 - You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain;
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:2 - Rise up, O Judge of the earth;
Render punishment to the proud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - You rebuke the proud—the cursed,
Who stray from Your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:51

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:51 - The proud have me in great derision,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:69

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69 - The proud have forged a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:78

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78 - Let the proud be ashamed,
For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood;
But I will meditate on Your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:122

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:122 - Be surety for Your servant for good;
Do not let the proud oppress me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 123:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:4 - Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5 - The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:34 - Surely He scorns the scornful,
But gives grace to the humble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - I will turn My hand against you,
And thoroughly purge away your dross,
And take away all your alloy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:12 - For the day of the LORD of hosts
Shall come upon everything proud and lofty,
Upon everything lifted up—
And it shall be brought low—

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - “I will punish the world for its evil,
And the wicked for their iniquity;
I will halt the arrogance of the proud,
And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:20 - For the terrible one is brought to nothing,
The scornful one is consumed,
And all who watch for iniquity are cut off—

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - “I have cut off nations,
Their fortresses are devastated;
I have made their streets desolate,
With none passing by.
Their cities are destroyed;
There is no one, no inhabitant.
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