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Lexicon :: Strong's G5244 - hyperēphanos

Aa
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 BoxJob 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 -
And from the wicked their light is withholden,
And the high arm is broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:12 -
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;
And tread down the wicked where they stand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:27 -
For thou wilt save the afflicted people;
But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:10

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Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;
Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:2 -
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth:
Render to the proud their desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5

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Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy:
Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21

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Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,
That do wander from thy commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:51

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The proud have had me greatly in derision:
Yet have I not swerved from thy law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:69

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The proud have forged a lie against me:
With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78

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Let the proud be put to shame;
For they have overthrown me wrongfully:
But I will meditate on thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:122

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Be surety for thy servant for good:
Let not the proud oppress me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:4 -
Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scoffing of those that are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:5

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The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set gins for me.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:34

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Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers;
But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:25 - and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:12 - For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:20 - For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
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