ὑπερφρονέω
hyperphronéō · G5252 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to be conceited, to be arrogant, to be proud, to think highly of oneself
To have an unwarranted pride in oneself or in one’s accomplishments
ExamplesRomans 12:3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
How it’s used In 3 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- παράfrom, with, beside+ δέωto bind, to tie 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 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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In the other Testament 2 words
- גָּבַהּ gâbahh · H1361 · to be tall, to be high, to make high
- Hebrew verb for being high or exalted, frequently used in contexts of pride and haughtiness, especially in the Hiphil stem (to exalt oneself, be proud). This is a standard Hebrew equivalent for Greek pride/arrogance terminology.
- זָדוֹן zâdôwn · H2087 · presumption, insolence
- Hebrew noun denoting arrogance and presumption, conceptually equivalent to the attitude of thinking too highly of oneself expressed by ὑπερφρονέω, though nominal rather than verbal.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be conceited, to be arrogant, to be proud, to think highly of oneself88.210
- Romans 12:3 — “For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.”
Word family 19 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὑπερφρόνω; (ὑπέρφρων); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; to think more highly of oneself…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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