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G5246 ὑπέρογκος (hypéronkos)
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ὑπέρογκος, ον Adj immoderate, boastful

Strong's Definition

from 5228 and 3591; bulging over, i.e. (figuratively) insolent

KJV Usage: great swelling

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | ὄγκος

33.373 · Communication · Boast

boastful pertaining to excessive boasting In some languages the equivalent of ‘boastful words’ is ‘words too big for what one is talking about’ or ‘puffed up words’ or ‘swollen words.’

2PE 2:18 · JUD 1:16

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὑπέρογκος hyperonkos 2x

pr. swollen, overgrown; of language, swelling, pompous, boastful, 2 Pet. 2:18; Jude 16*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὑπέρ-ογκος, -ον

[in LXX: De 30:11 (נִפְלֵאת), etc. ;]

of excessive weight or size; metaph., excessive, immoderate, in late writers, of arrogant speech (v. Mayor on Ju, l.c.): n. pl., II Pe 2:18, Ju 16.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὑπέρογκος, lit. ‘-of excessive size,” and thence extended to speech “*big,” “arrogant,” in 2 Pet 2!8, Jude?®, the only occurrences in the NT: cf. Assumption of Moses vil. 9 os eorum loguetur ingentia, on which the passage in Jude depends.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὑπέρογκος (huperogkos) — boastful. ὑπέρογκ-ος, ον, of excessive bulk or size, γενομένης τῆς κνήμης ὑ. swelled to a great size, [Refs 5th c.BC+]tim.15; δύναμις ὑ., opposed to ταπεινή, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. immoderate, excessive, οὐσίαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιμαί, εὐτυχίαι, etc., [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὰ ὑ., opposed to τὰ ἐλλείποντα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of style, ponderous, verbose, [Refs 1st c.AD+] talk 'big', [NT]: generally, exceedingly great, πρᾶγμα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -κως[Refs 1st c.AD+]: neuter as adverb, ὑπέρογκον φρονεῖν [Refs 4th c.AD+]

3. difficult, [LXX]

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