Word

τυφόω

typhóō · G5187 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to be insanely arrogant, to be extremely proud, to be very arrogant

(A figurative extension of meaning of τυφόομαι ‘to be crazy, to be demented,’ not occurring in the NT) To be so arrogant as to be practically demented

Examples
1 Timothy 3:6 and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into condemnation incurred by the devil.
1 Timothy 6:4 he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a sick craving for controversial questions and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,
2 Timothy 3:4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated (participle) 2
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 2 groups

ἑτεροδιδασκαλέωto teach a different doctrine 1
προσέρχομαιto come to, to approach 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

εἰςto+ κρίμαjudgment, condemnation 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

μᾶλλονmore, more than, to a greater degree 1
μήnot 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

φυσιόω physióō · G5448 · to make proud, to make arrogant, to make haughty: Both verbs use inflation/swelling metaphors for arrogance; φυσιόω emphasizes the 'puffing up' aspect while τυφόω uses smoke/vapor imagery, but both denote being inflated with conceit and are used interchangeably for pride in NT contexts

Contrasting words 1 word

ταπεινόω tapeinóō · G5013 · to make low, to level off, to make level: Classic lexical opposite: to humble or make low versus to inflate with pride; ταπεινόω denotes humbling/lowering oneself or being humbled, the direct contrary of being puffed up with conceit

In the other Testament 2 words

גָּבַהּ gâbahh · H1361 · to be tall, to be high, to make high: Hebrew verb for being lifted up or exalted, commonly used for pride and arrogance in both literal height and metaphorical self-exaltation; a natural translation equivalent for the figurative sense of τυφόω
רוּם rûwm · H7311 · to be high, to become high, to mount up: Hebrew verb for rising up or being exalted, frequently used in reflexive/hithpael forms for self-exaltation and pride; overlaps closely with the figurative inflation/conceit sense of τυφόω

Semantic domains 1 entry

To be insanely arrogant, to be extremely proud, to be very arrogant88.218: 1 Timothy 3:6 — “and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into condemnation incurred by the devil.”

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

τύφω týphō · G5188 · to smolder, to flicker · 1×τυφλός typhlós · G5185 · unable to see, blind, unable to understand · 50×τυφλόω typhlóō · G5186 · to make someone not understand, to remove someone’s understanding, to cause to not understand · 3×τυφόωtyphóō · G5187τυφωνικός typhōnikós · G5189 · of a violent, strong wind · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon τύφω: passive, perfect τετυφωμαι; 1 aorist participle τυφωθείς; (τῦφος, smoke; pride);…

τύφω: passive, perfect τετυφωμαι; 1 aorist participle τυφωθείς; (τῦφος, smoke; pride); properly, to raise a smoke, to wrap in a mist; used only metaphorically:
1. to make proud, puff up with pride, render insolent; passive, to be puffed up with haughtiness or pride, 1 Tim 3:6 (Strabo, Josephus, (Diogenes Laërtius, others).
2. to blind with pride or conceit, to render foolish or stupid: 1 Tim 6:4; perfect participle beclouded, besotted, 2 Tim 3:4 (Demosthenes, Aristotle, Polybius, Plutarch, others).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Arrogance, Haughtiness, Pride3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0