What does φυσίωσις (physíōsis) mean in the Bible?
φυσίωσις (physíōsis) is a Greek word meaning "arrogance".
Greek · G5450
φυσίωσις
Arrogance
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φυσίωσιςG5450
Pronunciationphysíōsis
What does φυσίωσις (physíōsis) mean in the Bible?
φυσίωσις (physíōsis) is a Greek word meaning "arrogance".
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How does the BSB render G5450?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include arrogance (1).
Where does φυσίωσις (physíōsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 12:20. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 Itarrogance1×2 Corinthians 12:20
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row2 Corinthians 12:20
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
2 Corinthians1
Source forms
φυσιώσεις1xphysiōseis2 Corinthians 12:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural1x2 Corinthians 12:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. arrogance
Strong'sG5450
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
arrogance
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(φυσιόω), a puffing up, swelling with pride: pl., 2Co.12:20.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 12:20Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
φυσιώσεις,fusiwseiv
a puffing up, pride
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 forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine2 Cor 12:201×
Word Origins
φυσίωσις is built from this root: