verb
huperfronamō
Strong’sG5252
I have high notions
stem huperfron-once in the New Testament1 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.
** ὑπερ-φρονέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: IV Mac 13:1 14:11 16:2 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5252 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ὑπέρφρων) to be over-proud, have high thoughts, μηδ᾽ ὑπερφρόνει NT+4th c.BC+: with dative modi, to be proud in or of a thing, πλούτῳ Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with accusative, overlook, look down upon, despise, ὑπερφρονήσας τὸν παρόντα δαίμονα Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be despised, ὑπὸ τῶν εὐπραγούντων Refs 5th c.BC+
3 with genitive, think slightly of, δαιμόνων Refs 5th c.BC+
II surpass in knowledge, ὑ. ἱστορίᾳ τὸν δῆμον (variant for{περιφρ-}) Refs 4th c.BC+ excel in all wisdom, Refs 5th c.BC+
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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| huperfronarōὑπερφρονεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | think … morehighly | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | huperfronamō | huperfroname | huperfronami | huperfronama | huperfronamē | huperfronamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | huperfronasō | huperfronase | huperfronasi | huperfronasa | huperfronasē | huperfronaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | huperfronatō | huperfronate | huperfronati | huperfronata | huperfronatē | huperfronatelē |
| we 1st person plural | huperfronanō | huperfronane | huperfronani | huperfronana | huperfronanē | huperfronanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | huperfronavō | huperfronave | huperfronavi | huperfronava | huperfronavē | huperfronavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | huperfronalō | huperfronale | huperfronali | huperfronala | huperfronalē | huperfronalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | huperfronameiō | huperfronameia | huperfronameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | huperfronaseiō | huperfronaseia | huperfronaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | huperfronateiō | huperfronateia | huperfronateiē |
| we 1st person plural | huperfronaneiō | huperfronaneia | huperfronaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | huperfronaveiō | huperfronaveia | huperfronaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | huperfronaleiō | huperfronaleia | huperfronaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | huperfronasōr | huperfronasar | huperfronasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | huperfronatōr | huperfronatar | huperfronatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | huperfronavōr | huperfronavar | huperfronavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | huperfronalōr | huperfronalar | huperfronalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | huperfronamoiō | huperfronamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | huperfronasoiō | huperfronasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | huperfronatoiō | huperfronatoia |
| we 1st person plural | huperfronanoiō | huperfronanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | huperfronavoiō | huperfronavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | huperfronaloiō | huperfronaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | huperfronarō1×ὑπερφρονεῖν | huperfronari | huperfronara | huperfronarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | huperfronarōntos | huperfronarintos | huperfronarantos | huperfronarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
huperfron 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
huperfronarō“think … morehighly”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
Romans 12:3… panto to arōnto en vi mē huperfronarō para hem datō fronarō, alla fronarō …… every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you …