Strong's Lexicon
G5187 — τυφόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5187 |
|---|---|
| Word: | τυφόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G5188 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | tuphoo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | toof-oh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to envelop with smoke 2. (figuratively) to inflate with self-conceit |
| KJV Renderings: | high-minded, be lifted up with pride, be proud |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τυφόω, τύφω: passive, perfect τετυφωμαι; 1 aorist participle τυφωθείς; (τῦφος, smoke; pride); properly, to raise a smoke, to wrap in a mist; used only metaphorically:
1. to make proud, puff up with pride, render insolent; passive, to be puffed up with haughtiness or pride, 1Ti 3:6 (Strabo, Josephus, (Diogenes Laërtius, others).
2. to blind with pride or conceit, to render foolish or stupid: 1Ti 6:4; perfect participle beclouded, besotted, 2Ti 3:4 (Demosthenes, Aristotle, Polybius, Plutarch, others).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
τυφόω (high-minded)
1 Timothy 3:6
- KJV: Not a novice lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil
- GK: μη νεόφυτον ίνα μη τυφωθείς εις κρίμα εμπέση του διαβόλου
1 Timothy 6:4
- KJV: He is proud knowing nothing but doting about questions and strifes of words where of cometh envy strife railings evil surmisings
- GK: τετύφωται μηδέν επιστάμενος αλλά νοσών περί ζητήσεις και λογομαχίας εξ ων γίνεται φθόνος έρις βλασφημίαι υπόνοιαι πονηραί
2 Timothy 3:4
- KJV: Traitors heady highminded lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God
- GK: προδόται προπετείς τετυφωμένοι φιλήδονοι μάλλον η φιλόθεοι