STRONGS G5187:
τυφόω,
τύφω: passive, perfect
τετυφωμαι; 1 aorist participle
τυφωθείς; (
τῦφος, smoke; pride); properly,
to raise a smoke, to wrap in a mist; used only metaphorically:
1. to make proud, puff up with pride, render insolent; passive,
to be puffed up with haughtiness or pride,
1 Timothy 3:6 (
Strabo,
Josephus, (
Diogenes Laërtius, others).
2. to blind with pride or conceit, to render foolish or stupid:
1 Timothy 6:4; perfect participle
beclouded, besotted, 2 Timothy 3:4 (
Demosthenes,
Aristotle,
Polybius,
Plutarch, others).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- 1 Timothy
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3:6; 6:4
- 2 Timothy
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3:4