φυσίωσις
physíōsis · G5450 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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pride, arrogance, feeling of self-importance
(A figurative extension of meaning of φυσίωσις ‘inflation,’ not occurring in the NT) An inflated, puffed up, exaggerated view of one’s own importance
Examples2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish, and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, selfishness, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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 2 words
- ὑπερηφανία hyperēphanía · G5243 · pride, arrogance, haughtiness
- Greek noun denoting arrogance or haughtiness; both φυσίωσις and ὑπερηφανία refer to the state of prideful self-exaltation, though ὑπερηφανία emphasizes showing oneself above others while φυσίωσις emphasizes the inflated, puffed-up quality.
- ἀλαζονεία alazoneía · G212 · false arrogance, pretentious pride, boastful haughtiness
- Greek noun denoting boastful arrogance or pretension; overlaps with φυσίωσις in referring to prideful self-importance, though ἀλαζονεία more strongly emphasizes the boastful, pretentious display of one's importance.
In the other Testament 3 words
- גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn · H1347 · thicket, greatness, glory
- Standard Hebrew term for pride/arrogance; commonly used for the proud, haughty attitude that φυσίωσις denotes in Greek. Both refer to the state or quality of being inflated with pride.
- גַּאֲוָה gaʼăvâh · H1346 · rising, swelling, greatness
- Hebrew noun denoting pride or arrogance as an abstract quality or state, parallel to φυσίωσις as the condition of being puffed up or haughty.
- זָדוֹן zâdôwn · H2087 · presumption, insolence
- Hebrew term for insolent pride or presumption; denotes the haughty attitude that characterizes φυσίωσις, though with slightly stronger connotations of willful rebellion.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Pride, arrogance, feeling of self-importance88.215
- 2 Corinthians 12:20 lists among Paul's fears when he comes “strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slander, gossip, arrogance, disturbances”.
Word family 16 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon φυσιωσεως, ἡ (φυσιόω, which see) (Vulg.inflatio), a puffing up of soul, loftiness, pride:…
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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