Word study · Greek

hyperḗphanos

arrogant

Say it: hoo-per-AY-fan-os (approximate)

ὑπερήφανος

What it means

Arrogant, haughty (hyper "over" plus phainomai "appear"). In 3:2; also Luke 1:51 ("he has scattered the proud"), Romans 1:30, James 4:6, and 1 Peter 5:5 ("God resists the proud").

Range of meaning

  • ArrogantShowing oneself above others.
  • ProudHaughty.

In 2 Timothy

Every verse (1)

Verses where G5244 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources