Lexicon hubris: wantonness, insolence, an act of wanton violence Original Word: ὕβρις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hubris Phonetic Spelling: (hoo'-bris) Short Definition: insult, damage, loss Definition: (a) insult, injury, outrage, (b) damage, loss. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 5196 hýbris (a feminine noun) – that type (brand) of damage or injury where the reproach adds "insult to injury." See 5195 (hybrizō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionwantonness, insolence, an act of wanton violence NASB Translationdamage (2), insults (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5196: ὕβριςὕβρις, ὑβρισεως, ἡ (from ὑπέρ ((see Curtius, p. 540); cf. Latin superbus, English 'uppishness')), from Homer down, the Sept. for גָּאון, גַּאֲוָה, זָדון, etc.; a. insolence; impudence, pride, haughtiness. b. a wrong springing from insolence, an injury, affront, insult (in Greek usage the mental injury and the wantonness of its infliction being prominent; cf. Cope on Aristotle, rhet. 1, 12, 26; 2, 2, 5; see ὑβριστής): properly, plural 2 Corinthians 12:10 (Hesychius ὕβρεις. τραύματα, ὀνείδη); tropically, injury inflicted by the violence of a tempest: Acts 27:10, 21 (τήν ἀπό τῶν ὀμβρων ὕβριν, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 4; δείσασα θαλαττης ὕβριν, Anthol. 7, 291, 3; (cf. Pindar Pythagoras 1, 140)).
Strong's harm, hurt, reproach. From huper; insolence (as over-bearing), i.e. Insult, injury -- harm, hurt, reproach. see GREEK huper |
