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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ὕβρις G5196
Pronunciation hýbris
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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Questions this entry answers
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 It disaster 2× Acts 27:10, Acts 27:21
insults 1× 2 Corinthians 12:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 27:10
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 2 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ὕβρεσιν 1x hybresin 2 Corinthians 12:10
ὕβρεως 1x hybreōs Acts 27:10
ὕβριν 1x hybrin Acts 27:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 27:21
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 12:10
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 27:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Deliberate, shameful mistreatment rooted in arrogant contempt rather than mere injury or accident.
Strong's G5196
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Jeremiah 50:28-30 Source Gloss
mistreatment
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 27:10 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὕβρεως ubrewv
insult, damage, loss
Read verse Acts 27:21 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὕβριν ubrin
insult, damage, loss
Read verse 2 Corinthians 12:10 Noun 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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 27:10 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 12:10 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 27:21 1×
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:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain