Lexical Summary hybris: wantonness, insolence, an act of wanton violence Original Word: ὕβριςTransliteration: hybris Phonetic Spelling: (hoo'-bris) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: wantonness, insolence, an act of wanton violence Meaning: wantonness, insolence, an act of wanton violence Strong's Concordance harm, hurt, reproach. From huper; insolence (as over-bearing), i.e. Insult, injury -- harm, hurt, reproach. see GREEK huper Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5196: ὕβριςὕβρις, ὑβρισεως, ἡ (from ὑπέρ ((see Curtius, p. 540); cf. Latinsuperbus, 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)). |
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