Strong's Definition
to swell; figuratively, be elated
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be lifted up, presume.
TWOT Reference: 1662,1663
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָפַל (a.phal) — to swell. 1) to lift up, swell, be lifted up 1a) (Pual) to swell 1b) (Hiphil) to be bold, be swelled
עָפַל (a.phal) — to presume. 1) to presume, be heedless 1a) (Hiphil) to be heedless, show heedlessness
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עֹפֶל
Great | verb pu'al
to be puffed up, to be proud literally: to be swollen; hence: = state in which humans think highly of themselves without sufficient reason
Great | verb hif
to presume = state in which humans have the arrogance to do something that they would not dare to do otherwise
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָפַל vb. swell;—Pu. Hb 2:4 acc. to MT ref
[עָפַל] vb. perhaps be heedless Hiph. shew heedlessness Nu 11:44 (J E)
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