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Strong's G5196 ὕβρις (hybris)

Hybris means “harm” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5196 — netaim (“plants”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5196
Language Greek
Linked Usages 59
Books 20

Strong's G5196 Quick Answer

Strong's G5196 ὕβρις (hubris) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hubris (hoo'-bris) n. 1. insolence (as over-bearing), i.e. insult, injury [from G5228] It has 59 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include hurt, harm, and reproaches. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
hubris (hoo'-bris) n. 1. insolence (as over-bearing), i.e. insult, injury [from G5228]
Usage
59 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
hurt, harm, and reproaches

Meaning and Definition

hubris (hoo'-bris) n. 1. insolence (as over-bearing), i.e. insult, injury [from G5228] KJV: harm, hurt, reproach Root(s): G5228

Original Word
ὕβρις
Transliteration
hubris
Derivation
Root: ὑπέρ R1: 5228
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5196. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

mistreatment

Usage: ὕβρις, -εως, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for גָּאוֹן and cogn. forms ;] __1. wantonness, insolence. __2. = ὕβρισμα, an act of wanton violence, an outrage, injury: 2Co.12:10; metaphorically, of a loss by sea (find.), Act.27:10, 21 (see MM, xxv).† (AS)

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How Strong's G5196 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hubris, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G5196 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 45 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5196 (ὕβρις) appears 60 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5196 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5196 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 27:10 KJV

And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.

Acts 27:21 KJV

But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

2 Corinthians 12:10 KJV

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Strong's G5196 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

45 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 10:16 Septuagint / Brenton

and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

Leviticus 26:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will break down the haughtiness of your pride; and I will make your heaven iron, and your earth as it were brass.

Job 15:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And he has run against him with insolence, On the thickness of the back of his shield.

Strong's G5196 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

11 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 3:20 Septuagint / Brenton

They come against us in much pride and iniquity to destroy us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us:

2 Maccabees 8:17 Septuagint / Brenton

and to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done to the holy place, and the cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery, and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers:

3 Maccabees 2:3 Septuagint / Brenton

It is thou, the Creator of all, the Lord of the universe, who art a righteous Governor, and judgest all who act with pride and insolence.

Usage Excerpts

First 59 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5196.

Genesis 10:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
Leviticus 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will break down the haughtiness of your pride; and I will make your heaven iron, and your earth as it were brass.
Job 15:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has run against him with insolence, On the thickness of the back of his shield.
Job 22:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? And has he not brought down the proud?
Job 35:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, Even because of the insolence of wicked men.
Job 37:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him shall be a cry with a loud voice; He shall thunder with the voice of his excellency, Yet he shall not cause men to pass away, for one shall hear his voice.
Proverbs 1:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: But the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, Having become ungodly have hated knowledge, And are become subject to reproofs.
Proverbs 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, And insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; And I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
Proverbs 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: But the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.
Proverbs 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But they that are judges of themselves are wise.
Proverbs 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Out of the mouth of fools comes a rod of pride; But the lips of the wise preserve them.
Proverbs 14:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If a man’s mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; And when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride.
Proverbs 16:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pride goes before destruction, And folly before a fall.
Proverbs 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Delight does not suit a fool, Nor is it seemly if a servant should begin to rule with haughtiness.
Proverbs 19:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; And be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness.
Proverbs 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A high-minded man is stouthearted in his pride; And the lamp of the wicked is sin.
Proverbs 36:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the people of Ephraim, and they that dwelt in Samaria shall know, who say in their pride and lofty heart,
Isaiah 10:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will mightily confound the glorious ones; and the haughty in pride shall be crushed, and the lofty shall be brought low:
Isaiah 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will command evils for the whole world, and will visit their sins on the ungodly: and I will destroy the pride of transgressors, and will bring low the pride of the haughty.
Isaiah 16:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud. I have cut off his pride: thy prophecy shall not be thus, no not thus.
Isaiah 23:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Was not this your pride from the beginning, before she was given up?
Isaiah 23:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord of hosts has purposed to bring down all the pride of the glorious ones, and to disgrace every glorious thing on the earth.
Isaiah 25:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall spread forth his hands, even as he also brings down man to destroy him: and he shall bring low his pride in regard to the thing on which he has laid his hands.
Isaiah 28:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, the flower that has fallen from the glory of the top of the fertile mountain, they that are drunken without wine.
Isaiah 28:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, shall be beaten down with the hands and with the feet.
Jeremiah 13:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus will I mar the pride of Judah, and the pride of Jerusalem;
Jeremiah 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even this great pride of the men that will not hearken to my words, and have gone after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them: and they shall be as this girdle, which can be used for nothing.
Jeremiah 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if ye will not hearken, your soul shall weep in secret because of pride, and your eyes shall pour down tears, because the Lord’s flock is sorely bruised.
Jeremiah 27:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy pride shall fail, and fall, and there shall be no one to set it up again: and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all things round about her.
Jeremiah 31:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I have heard of the pride of Moab, he has greatly heightened his pride and his haughtiness, and his heart has been lifted up.
Ezekiel 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the day of the Lord! although the rod has blossomed,
Ezekiel 30:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the supports of Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her strength shall come down from Migdol to Syene: they shall fall by the sword in it, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 30:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the day shall be darkened in Tehaphnehes, when I have broken there the scepters of Egypt: and the pride of her strength shall perish there: and a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be taken prisoners.
Ezekiel 32:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
with the swords of mighty men; and I will cast down thy strength: they are all destroying ones from the nations, and they shall destroy the pride of Egypt, and all her strength shall be crushed.
Ezekiel 33:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will make the land desert, and the pride of her strength shall perish; and the mountains of Israel shall be made desolate by reason of no man passing through.
Hosea 5:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the pride of Israel shall be brought low before his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquities; and Judah also shall fall with them.
Hosea 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the pride of Israel shall be brought down before his face: yet they have not returned to the Lord their God, neither have they diligently sought him for all this.
Amos 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord has sworn by himself, saying, Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off his city with all who inhabit it.
Micah 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Is there not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked treasures, and that with the pride of unrighteousness?
Nahum 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord has turned aside the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: for they have utterly rejected them, and have destroyed their branches.
Zephaniah 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.
Zephaniah 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day thou shalt not be ashamed of all thy practices, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then will I take away from thee thy disdainful pride, and thou shalt no more magnify thyself upon my holy mountain.
Zechariah 9:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And aliens shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will bring down the pride of the Philistines.
Zechariah 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall pass through a narrow sea, they shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deep places of the rivers shall be dried up: and all the pride of the Assyrians shall be taken away, and the scepter of Egypt shall be removed.
Acts 27:10 New Testament, KJV
And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
Acts 27:21 New Testament, KJV
But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
2 Corinthians 12:10 New Testament, KJV
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
1 Maccabees 3:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They come against us in much pride and iniquity to destroy us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us:
2 Maccabees 8:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done to the holy place, and the cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery, and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers:
3 Maccabees 2:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
It is thou, the Creator of all, the Lord of the universe, who art a righteous Governor, and judgest all who act with pride and insolence.
3 Maccabees 2:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
At that time God, who seeth all things, who is beyond all Holy among the holy, heard that prayer, so suitable; and scourged the man greatly uplifted with scorn and insolence.
3 Maccabees 3:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As soon, therefore, as the contents of this letter become known to you, in that same hour we order those Jews who dwell among you, with wives and children, to be sent to us, vilified and abused, in chains of iron, to undergo a death, cruel and ignominious, suitable to men disaffected.
3 Maccabees 6:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou who art All-powerful and Almighty, O Eternal One, behold! have mercy upon us who are being withdrawn from life, like traitors, by the unreasoning insolence of lawless men.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let us examine him with despitefulness and torture, That we may know his meekness, And prove his patience.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he shall rend them, and cast them down headlong, that they shall be speechless; And he shall shake them from the foundation; And they shall be utterly laid waste, And be in sorrow; And their memorial shall perish.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Bear not hatred to thy neighbor for every wrong; And do nothing at all by injurious practices.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches gotten by deceit, The kingdom is translated from one people to another.
Wisdom of Sirach 21:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
To terrify and do wrong will waste riches: Thus the house of proud men shall be made desolate.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5196, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5196 FAQ

What does hybris (ὕβρις) mean?

Hybris (Strong's G5196) is a Greek word most simply glossed "harm". hubris (hoo'-bris) n. 1. insolence (as over-bearing), i.e. insult, injury [from G5228]

How many times is hybris (ὕβρις) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 59 linked usages for Strong's G5196 across 20 books.

Where can I study hybris (ὕβρις) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5196 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate hybris (ὕβρις)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hurt, harm, and reproaches. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5196 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 45 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 11 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5196, with linked reader references where each row is available.