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GreekG5448Verb

φυσιόω

phusioō

7Occurrences
G5448Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to inflate, i.e. (figuratively) make proud (haughty)

from G5449 (φύσις) in the primary sense of blowing;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
= cl. φυσάω, to puff or blow up, inflate. Metaphorical, to puff up, make proud. Pass., to be puffed up with pride: . . κατά, (on the form of the subjc., see M, Pr., 54; Bl., § 22, 3).

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

φυσιόω appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
6
Colossians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 13:4BSB

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

1 Corinthians 4:6BSB

Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.

1 Corinthians 4:18BSB

Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

1 Corinthians 4:19BSB

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.

1 Corinthians 5:2BSB

And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.