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Strong's G5244 ὑπερήφανος (hyperephanos)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5244 — nemalah (“ant”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5244
Language Greek
Linked Usages 41
Books 14

Strong's G5244 Quick Answer

Strong's G5244 ὑπερήφανος (huperephanos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. huperephanos (hoop-er-ay'-fan-os) adj. 1. appearing above others (conspicuous) 2. (figuratively) haughty It has 41 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include proud. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
huperephanos (hoop-er-ay'-fan-os) adj. 1. appearing above others (conspicuous) 2. (figuratively) haughty
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
proud

Meaning and Definition

huperephanos (hoop-er-ay'-fan-os) adj. 1. appearing above others (conspicuous) 2. (figuratively) haughty [from G5228 and G5316] KJV: proud Root(s): G5228, G5316

Original Word
ὑπερήφανος
Transliteration
huperephanos
Derivation
Root: φαίνω R1: 5228 R2: 5316
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5244. 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)

arrogant

Usage: ὑπερήφανος, -ον (ὑπέρ, φαίνομαι, with η pleonast., see Kühner3, I, 189) [in LXX for זֵד, גֵּאֶה, לוּץ, etc. ;] showing oneself above others; __(a) in good sense (Plat., al.), pre-eminent, splendid; __(b) more frequently in had sense, and so always in Scr., arrogant, haughty, disdainful (see Westc. Epp. Jo., 65b): Rom.1:30, 2Ti.3:2; διανοίᾳ καρδίας, Luk.1:51; opposite to ταπεινός (as in Pro.3:34), Jas.4:6, 1Pe.5:5" (LXX) .† SYN.: ἀλαζών, ὑβριστής, see Tr., Syn., § xxix (AS)

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How Strong's G5244 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render huperephanos, 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.

proud Luke 1:51

How Strong's G5244 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 19 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 G5244 (ὑπερήφανος) appears 36 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5244 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 G5244 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 1:51 KJV

He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Romans 1:30 KJV

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

2 Timothy 3:2 KJV

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Strong's G5244 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

19 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Job 38:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, And crushed the arm of the proud?

Job 40:12 Septuagint / Brenton

Bring down also the proud man; And consume at once the ungodly.

Psalms 17:28 Septuagint / Brenton

For thou wilt save the lowly people, And wilt humble the eyes of the proud.

Strong's G5244 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

17 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

3 Maccabees 1:27 Septuagint / Brenton

Yet even his own officers, when they saw this, joined the Jews in an appeal to Him who has all power, to aid in the present crisis, and not wink at such overweening lawlessness.

3 Maccabees 5:13 Septuagint / Brenton

But the Jews, having escaped the hour which had been fixed, praised their holy God, and again prayed him who is easily reconciled to display the power of his powerful hand to the overweening Gentiles.

4 Maccabees 4:15 Septuagint / Brenton

But on the death of Seleucus the king, his son Antiochus Epiphanes succeeds to the kingdom: a man of haughty pride and terrible.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5244.

Job 38:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, And crushed the arm of the proud?
Job 40:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bring down also the proud man; And consume at once the ungodly.
Psalms 17:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou wilt save the lowly people, And wilt humble the eyes of the proud.
Psalms 88:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast brought down the proud as one that is slain; And with the arm of thy power thou hast scattered thine enemies.
Psalms 93:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth: Render a reward to the proud.
Psalms 100:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Him that privily speaks against his neighbor, him have I driven from me: He that is proud in look and insatiable in heart—with him I have not eaten.
Psalms 118:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast rebuked the proud: Cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.
Psalms 118:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The proud have transgressed exceedingly; But I swerved not from thy law.
Psalms 118:69 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: But I will search out thy commandments with all my heart.
Psalms 118:78 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: But I will meditate in thy commandments.
Psalms 118:122 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Receive thy servant for good: Let not the proud accuse me falsely.
Psalms 122:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, our soul has been exceedingly filled with it: Let the reproach be to them that are at ease, And contempt to the proud.
Psalms 139:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The proud have hidden a snare for me, And have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; They set a stumbling block for me near the path. Pause.
Proverbs 3:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he gives grace to the humble.
Isaiah 1:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring my hand upon thee, and purge thee completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take away from thee all transgressors.
Isaiah 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and haughty, and upon everyone that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down;
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 29:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The lawless man has come to nought, and the proud man has perished, and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed:
Zephaniah 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have brought down the proud with destruction; their corners are destroyed: I will make their ways completely waste, so that none shall go through: their cities are come to an end, by reason of no man living or dwelling in them.
Luke 1:51 New Testament, KJV
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Romans 1:30 New Testament, KJV
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
2 Timothy 3:2 New Testament, KJV
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
James 4:6 New Testament, KJV
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
1 Peter 5:5 New Testament, KJV
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
3 Maccabees 1:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet even his own officers, when they saw this, joined the Jews in an appeal to Him who has all power, to aid in the present crisis, and not wink at such overweening lawlessness.
3 Maccabees 5:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the Jews, having escaped the hour which had been fixed, praised their holy God, and again prayed him who is easily reconciled to display the power of his powerful hand to the overweening Gentiles.
4 Maccabees 4:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But on the death of Seleucus the king, his son Antiochus Epiphanes succeeds to the kingdom: a man of haughty pride and terrible.
4 Maccabees 9:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thinkest thou not, most cruel of all tyrants, that thou art now tortured more than I, finding thy overweening conception of tyranny conquered by our patience in behalf of our religion?
Wisdom of Solomon 14:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, The hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, And left to all ages a seed of generation.
Wisdom of Sirach 3:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
In the punishment of the proud there is no remedy; For the plant of wickedness hath taken root in him.
Wisdom of Sirach 11:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Like as a partridge taken and kept in a cage, so is the heart of the proud: And like as a spy, watcheth he for thy fall:
Wisdom of Sirach 13:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; And he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him.
Wisdom of Sirach 13:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As the proud hate humility: So doth the rich abhor the poor.
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.
Wisdom of Sirach 23:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The sinner shall be left in his foolishness: Both the evil speaker and the proud shall fall thereby.
Wisdom of Sirach 25:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Three sorts of men my soul hateth, And I am greatly offended at their life: A poor man that is proud, a rich man that is a liar, And an old adulterer that doateth.
Wisdom of Sirach 27:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The strife of the proud is bloodshedding, And their revilings are grievous to the ear.
Wisdom of Sirach 27:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Mockery and reproach are from the proud; But vengeance, as a lion, shall lie in wait for him.
Wisdom of Sirach 31:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, And goeth again, and doeth the same: Who will hear his prayer? Or what doth his humbling profit him?
Wisdom of Sirach 32:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Do not think to corrupt with gifts: for such he will not receive: And trust not to unrighteous sacrifices; For the Lord is judge, And with him is no respect of persons.
Wisdom of Sirach 32:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord will not be slack, Neither will the Mighty be patient toward them, Till he have smitten in sunder the loins of the unmerciful, And repaid vengeance to the heathen; Till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, And broken the scepter of the unrighteous;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5244, grouped by book.

Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
2 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 12 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5244 FAQ

What does hyperephanos (ὑπερήφανος) mean?

Hyperephanos (Strong's G5244) is a Greek word most simply glossed "proud". huperephanos (hoop-er-ay'-fan-os) adj. 1. appearing above others (conspicuous) 2. (figuratively) haughty

How many times is hyperephanos (ὑπερήφανος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's G5244 across 14 books.

Where can I study hyperephanos (ὑπερήφανος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5244 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate hyperephanos (ὑπερήφανος)?

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

Does Strong's G5244 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 19 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 17 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5244, with linked reader references where each row is available.