יָהִיר
yâhîyr · H3093 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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presumptuous, haughty
Pertaining to a failure to see the limits of what is permitted or appropriate in view of one's status, and act accordingly, especially with one's mouth; seen as a condition that cannot last
ExamplesProverbs 21:24 “Proud,” “Arrogant,” “Scoffer,” are his names, One who acts with insolent pride.
Habakkuk 2:5 “Furthermore, wine betrays an arrogant man, So that he does not achieve his objective. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all the nations And collects to himself all the peoples.
How it’s used
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Near synonyms 1 word
- גָּבָהּ gâbâhh · H1362 · high, tall, haughty
- גָּבָהּ (gâbâhh, H1362) often emphasizes physical or metaphorical height as the basis for pride, while יָהִיר (yâhîyr, H3093) focuses more narrowly on the haughty attitude itself.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Great002001002012
- יָהִיר describes being haughty or proud, an inflated self-estimation, as the wine-loving man who is haughty and never at rest (Habakkuk 2:5).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3093. yahir יָהִיר adjective proud, haughty, שְׁמוֺ לֵץ יָהִיר זֵד Pro 21:24 a…
יָהִיר adjective proud, haughty, שְׁמוֺ לֵץ יָהִיר זֵד Pro 21:24 a presumptuous man, (who is) haughty, scoffer is his name (+ זָדוֺן בְּעֶבְרַת עוֺשֶׂה); יִנְוֶֿ֑ וְלֹא יָהִיר גֶּבֶר Hab 2:5.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), 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
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