STRONGS G5196:
ὕβρις,
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)).
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