What does ὑπέρογκος (hypéronkos) mean in the Bible?
ὑπέρογκος (hypéronkos) is a Greek word meaning "boastful".
Greek · G5246
ὑπέρογκος
Boastful
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ὑπέρογκοςG5246
Pronunciationhypéronkos
What does ὑπέρογκος (hypéronkos) mean in the Bible?
ὑπέρογκος (hypéronkos) is a Greek word meaning "boastful".
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How does the BSB render G5246?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include arrogance (1), With lofty (1).
Where does ὑπέρογκος (hypéronkos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Peter 2:18. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (1), Jude (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 Itarrogance1×Jude 1:16
With lofty1×2 Peter 2:18
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Usage map
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First aligned row2 Peter 2:18
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
2 Peter1Jude1
Source forms
ὑπέρογκα2xhyperonka2 Peter 2:18, Jude 1:16
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural2x2 Peter 2:18, Jude 1:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. boastful
Strong'sG5246
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
boastful
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Peter 2:18Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ὑπέρογκαuperogka
immoderate, boastful
Read verseJude 1:16Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ὑπέρογκα,uperogka
immoderate, boastful
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter2 Pet 2:18 · Jude 1:162×
Word Origins
ὑπέρογκος is built from these roots:
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