Word Summary
hypsēlophroneō: to be high-minded
Original Word: ὑψηλοφρονέωTransliteration: hypsēlophroneō
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-say-lo-fron-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be high-minded
Meaning: to be high-minded
Strong's Concordance
be proud, high-minded.
From a compound of hupselos and phren; to be lofty in mind, i.e. Arrogant -- be highminded.
see GREEK hupselos
see GREEK phren
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5309: ὑψηλοφρονέωὑψηλοφρονέω,
ὑψηλοφρόνω; (
ὑψηλόφρων, and this from
ὑψηλός and
φρήν);
to be highminded, proud:
Romans 11:20 (
R G L text);
1 Timothy 6:17 (
R G L Tr WH text) (Schol. ad
Pindar Pythagoras 2, 91). In Greek writings
μεγαλοφρόνειν is more common.