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Post by Jim Pate on Sept 30, 2015 8:10:33 GMT -5
huperéphania: haughtiness, disdain
Original Word: ὑπερηφανία, ας, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: huperéphania Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-ay-fan-ee'-ah) Short Definition: pride, arrogance Definition: pride, arrogance, disdain.
ὑπερηφανία, ὑπερηφανίας, ἡ (ὑπερήφανος, which see), pride, haughtiness, arrogance, the characteristic of one who, with a swollen estimate of his own powers or merits, looks down on others and even treats them with insolence and contempt: Mark 7:22. (From Xenophon, and Plato down; the Sept. for גַּאֲוָה and גָּאון; often in the O. T. Apocrypha.)
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