adjective
huperēfanos
Strong’sG5244
proud, arrogant
stem huperēfan-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ὑπερήφανος, -ον
(< ὑπέρ, φαίνομαι, c. η pleonast., v. Kühner3, I, 189) [in LXX for זֵד, גֵּאֶה, לוּץ, etc.;]
SYN.: ἀλαζών, ὑβριστής, v. Tr., Syn., § xxix
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5244 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Doric dialect ὑπερά- Refs 5th c.BC+:—mostly in bad sense, overweening, arrogant, LXX+8th c.BC+; -ώτεροι.. καὶ ἀλογιστότεροιRefs 4th c.BC+ adverb, -νως ἔχειν bear oneself proudly, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑ. ζῶντες living sumptuously, prodigally, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a dish, ὑ. ὄζειν Refs 2nd c.AD+ (but also, insolently, brutally, μαστιγοῦν τινα probably in Refs 3rd c.BC+—This sense appears in Refs 8th c.BC+participle ὑπερηφανέων (which see).
2 rarely in good sense, magnificent, splendid, σοφία, ἔργον, Refs 5th c.BC+; sublime, Refs 5th c.AD+. adverb -νως, ἀγωνιζόμενος Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | huperēfanos | huperēfanas | huperēfanem | huperēfanois1×ὑπερήφανοι | huperēfanais | huperēfaneim |
| object accusative | huperēfanon | huperēfanan | huperēfanoin2×ὑπερηφάνους | huperēfanain | ||
| direct address vocative | huperēfanor | huperēfanar | huperēfanoir | huperēfanair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | huperēfanou | huperēfanau | huperēfaneu | huperēfanoiu | huperēfanaiu | huperēfaneiu |
| to, for dative | huperēfano | huperēfana | huperēfane | huperēfanoi2×ὑπερηφάνοις | huperēfanai | huperēfanei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
huperēfan is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
huperēfanois“arrogant”subjectnominative plural1×
2 Timothy 3:2… gar tois anthrōpois filautois, filargurois, alazōnois, huperēfanois, blasfēmois, gonevoi apeithois, acharistois, anosiois,… of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful …
huperēfanoin“proud”objectaccusative plural2×
Luke 1:51Poiata kratem en brachiono autou, diaskorpizata huperēfanoin dianoia kardiau autoiu;… He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
Romans 1:30katalaloin, theostugoin, hubristoin, huperēfanoin, alazōnoin, efeuretoin kakoseiu, gonevoi apeithoin,slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms …
huperēfanoi“proud”to, fordative plural2×
James 4:6… dōatō charitan; dio legatō; Tos theos huperēfanoi antitassotō tapeinoi de dōatō charitan.… why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:5… tan tapeinofrosunan enkombevar, hoti Tos theos huperēfanoi antitassotō tapeinoi de dōatō charitan.… one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”