Definition

to be lofty in mind, i.e. arrogant

Etymology

from a compound of G5308 (ὑψηλός) and G5424 (φρήν);

Word family

• ὑψηλός hypsēlós
• φρήν phrḗn

How the KJV renders it

• be highminded

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.