What does ὕβρις (hýbris) mean in the Bible?
ὕβρις (hýbris): Deliberate, shameful mistreatment rooted in arrogant contempt rather than mere injury or accident.
Greek · G5196
ὕβρις
Mistreatment
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ὕβριςG5196
Pronunciationhýbris
What does ὕβρις (hýbris) mean in the Bible?
ὕβρις (hýbris): Deliberate, shameful mistreatment rooted in arrogant contempt rather than mere injury or accident.
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How does the BSB render G5196?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include disaster (2), insults (1).
Where does ὕβρις (hýbris) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 27:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 2 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itdisaster2×Acts 27:10, Acts 27:21
insults1×2 Corinthians 12:10
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Usage map
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First aligned rowActs 27:10
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Acts22 Corinthians1
Source forms
ὕβρεσιν1xhybresin2 Corinthians 12:10
ὕβρεως1xhybreōsActs 27:10
ὕβριν1xhybrinActs 27:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xActs 27:21
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural1x2 Corinthians 12:10
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xActs 27:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Deliberate, shameful mistreatment rooted in arrogant contempt rather than mere injury or accident.
Strong'sG5196
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkJeremiah 50:28-30Source Gloss
mistreatment
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Deliberate, shameful mistreatment rooted in arrogant contempt rather than mere injury or accident.
1wantonness, insolence.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 27:10Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὕβρεωςubrewv
insult, damage, loss
Read verseActs 27:21Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὕβρινubrin
insult, damage, loss
Read verse2 Corinthians 12:10Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ὕβρεσιν,ubresin
insult, damage, loss
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 27:101×
Dative · Plural · Feminine2 Cor 12:101×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 27:211×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Arrogant insolence and wanton violence of Babylon against God's people
Wanton arrogance that precedes shame, contrasted with humility
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ὕβρις is built from this root:
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