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<p> ''''' hı̄´mı̄nd ''''' - ''''' ed ''''' : In modern usage denotes elevation of mind in a good sense, but formerly it was used to denote upliftedness in a bad sense, pride, arrogance. It is the translation of <i> ''''' hupsēlophronéō ''''' </i> , "to be highminded," "proud," "haughty" ( Romans 11:20 , "Be not highminded, but fear"; 1 Timothy 6:17 , "Charge them that are rich ... that they be not highminded"); of <i> ''''' tuphóō ''''' </i> "to wrap in mist or smoke," trop., to wrap in conceit, to make proud, etc. ( 2 Timothy 3:4 , "Traitors, heady, highminded," the Revised Version (British and American) "puffed up"; compare 1 Timothy 3:6; 1 Timothy 6:4 ). "No one can be <i> highminded </i> without thinking better of himself, and worse of others, than he ought to think" (Crabb, <i> English Synonyms </i> ). </p> | <p> ''''' hı̄´mı̄nd ''''' - ''''' ed ''''' : In modern usage denotes elevation of mind in a good sense, but formerly it was used to denote upliftedness in a bad sense, pride, arrogance. It is the translation of <i> ''''' hupsēlophronéō ''''' </i> , "to be highminded," "proud," "haughty" ( Romans 11:20 , "Be not highminded, but fear"; 1 Timothy 6:17 , "Charge them that are rich ... that they be not highminded"); of <i> ''''' tuphóō ''''' </i> "to wrap in mist or smoke," trop., to wrap in conceit, to make proud, etc. ( 2 Timothy 3:4 , "Traitors, heady, highminded," the Revised Version (British and American) "puffed up"; compare 1 Timothy 3:6; 1 Timothy 6:4 ). "No one can be <i> highminded </i> without thinking better of himself, and worse of others, than he ought to think" (Crabb, <i> English Synonyms </i> ). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:19, 16 October 2021
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
hı̄´mı̄nd - ed : In modern usage denotes elevation of mind in a good sense, but formerly it was used to denote upliftedness in a bad sense, pride, arrogance. It is the translation of hupsēlophronéō , "to be highminded," "proud," "haughty" ( Romans 11:20 , "Be not highminded, but fear"; 1 Timothy 6:17 , "Charge them that are rich ... that they be not highminded"); of tuphóō "to wrap in mist or smoke," trop., to wrap in conceit, to make proud, etc. ( 2 Timothy 3:4 , "Traitors, heady, highminded," the Revised Version (British and American) "puffed up"; compare 1 Timothy 3:6; 1 Timothy 6:4 ). "No one can be highminded without thinking better of himself, and worse of others, than he ought to think" (Crabb, English Synonyms ).
