Words the Bible translates as arrogance
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- evrahעֶבְרָהoverflowing fury: anger that swells past its limits and pours out, and by extension pride swollen to the same excess
- ga'avahגַּאֲוָהa rising to a height: majestic grandeur when it belongs to God, but arrogant self-importance when a person or nation claims it
- godelגֹּדֶלgreatness as a quantity you can point to: how great someone or something is, whether God's displayed majesty, a towering tree, or a heart swollen with its own importance
- zadonזָדוֹןarrogant presumption: a deliberate, defiant overstepping of a boundary set by God or rightful authority, done knowingly and with contempt
- sha'ananשַׁאֲנָןundisturbed and unafraid: settled in an ease that is either God's gift of safety or a person's own smug indifference
- alazoneiaἀλαζονείαempty, self-inflating boasting: a pretentious confidence whose claim to control or security outruns what is really true
- ataqעָתָקarrogant speech: boastful, insolent words that run past their proper bounds, spoken against God or the righteous
- phusiōsisφυσίωσιςarrogancenot studied yet
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