Lexical Summary hyperēphania: haughtiness, disdain Original Word: ὑπερηφανίαTransliteration: hyperēphania Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-er-ay-fan-ee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: haughtiness, disdain Meaning: haughtiness, disdain Strong's Concordance pride. From huperephanos; haughtiness -- pride. see GREEK huperephanos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5243: ὑπερηφανίαὑπερηφανία, 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.) |