Lexical Summary typhoō: to be conceited, foolish Original Word: τυφόωTransliteration: typhoō Phonetic Spelling: (toof-o'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be conceited, foolish Meaning: to be conceited, foolish Strong's Concordance puffed up, be proud. From a derivative of tupho; to envelop with smoke, i.e. (figuratively) to inflate with self-conceit -- high-minded, be lifted up with pride, be proud. see GREEK tupho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5187: τυφόωτυφόω, 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, 1 Timothy 3:6 (Strabo, Josephus, (Diogenes Laërtius, others). 2. to blind with pride or conceit, to render foolish or stupid: 1 Timothy 6:4; perfect participle beclouded, besotted, 2 Timothy 3:4 (Demosthenes, Aristotle, Polybius, Plutarch, others). |
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