Words the Bible translates as proud
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hupsēlosὑψηλόςhigh: standing up well above whatever surrounds it, as a mountain, a wall, or the height where God is enthroned
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- lofty in standing: set above other people, whether in what human beings admire or in a person's own estimate of himself
- huperēphanosὑπερήφανοςarrogant: the person who inwardly sets himself above other people, and above God, and so looks down on them
- gavo'ahגָּבֹהַּhigh: rising far above the surrounding level, whether in literal height or in standing, and by extension lifted up in pride
- gavahגָּבַהּto be high: to rise up or be lifted to a great height, whether in physical elevation, in honor, or (most often) in pride
- raḥavרָחָבbroad, wide: reaching far across a space, and by extension stretching beyond ordinary limits
- zedזֵדa person whose pride has crossed into open defiance of God, treating his word, his messengers, or his people as something they can safely ignore
- ge'ehגֵּאֶהproud, arrogant: a person or nation puffed up above its rightful place
- yahirיָהִירproudnot studied yet
- geגֵּאproudnot studied yet
- rahavרָהָבproudnot studied yet
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